The joy of Dickens, like the Muppets, comes from the idiosyncratic characters By Megan Kenyon Every year on Christmas Eve, my Dad settles down with a glass of mulled wine to watch A Christmas Carol.

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James Cameron's third Avatar movie, Fire and Ash, has done the expected and set the global box office on fire with a $345 million opening weekend. That's big — the third-biggest opening of 2025 — but ...

Barnes & Noble is opening more stores for readers to shop at in the new year. After nearly two decades of "declining store numbers," the bookseller has plans to open 60 new locations across the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Read on for where you can still get a hot meal after ringing in the New Year NEW Year’s Day is a bank holiday and a great many businesses shut up shop for the duration to give staff a well-earned ...