Well, here we are again - in the gap between Christmas and New Year, and it's time for our annual tradition of giving each other six Christmas presents consisting of interesting things we've begged, borrowed and stolen.

This year, Emma's finally succumbed to Covid after a glorious three-year run of immunity, and is therefore forced to dial in down-the-line from home. Tom, meanwhile, is all alone in an apparently deserted university after teaching has finished on the last Friday of term. All in all, then, a not so festive start to an episode which will hopefully pull some Christmas cheer out of the bag,

Sit back and enjoy as Emma and Tom discuss unsung heroes of music, a classic Christmas film, the evils of PowerPoint, primary school parental admin, and some wholesome(ish) literature to while away the holiday period. Apologies, as ever, to Cameron for butchering his theme music with festive bells.

We hope you enjoy it, and we'll see you in 2023!

Best wishes from Emma and Tom

PS: last year we made a video of us recording our Christmas episode. This year, you can watch the sad spectacle of Tom recording all by himself in the studio.

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Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus, and remotely, on 16th December 2022