At the end a question from Denis Maxwell.

Recommendations:

Eamonn:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - get into the Christmas spirit and celebrate the 180th anniversary of A Christmas Carol with this irresistible clothbound edition.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-christmas-carol/charles-dickens/9780241411193

A Christmas Carol BBC4

Simon Callow enacts the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of an old counting house, who is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, on Christmas Eve. Marley warns Scrooge he is doomed in the afterlife unless he pays heed and learns from three ghosts who will visit him during the night. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come show Scrooge how his mean, uncaring behaviour has oppressed those around him as they visit episodes from his past, his present and his future life. By the end Scrooge is humbled and redeemed and transforms into a generous, kind-hearted man.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kwg

Paddy:

Die Hard

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/die-hard/1NWCEanaAK2b

Casablanca BBC2 Saturday

Classic romantic drama. Rick's Cafe is a centre for criminals, refugees, resistance fighters and Nazis. Its cynical owner takes risks for no-one - until the arrival of Ilsa.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mmc2

Refugees of Casablanca

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2363302.html

Catriona:

The Bishop’s Wife

An angel in human form enters the life of a bishop in order to help him build a new cathedral and repair his fractured marriage.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bishops-Wife-Cary-Grant/dp/B08CVT7W7H

Stuart:

Sir Ian Botham's charity handed up to £94,000 to his daughter's PR company last year 'but NOTHING to charitable causes’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5696579/Sir-Ian-Bothams-charity-handed-94-000-daughters-PR-company.html