A line from Cicero in the 2023 film 'The Holdovers' piqued my interest over Christmas and I was reminded of the need to continuously reassert certain values in a chaotic world, taking inspiration from the great John Hume's 'single transferable speech'
A chance viewing of a festive neon art fixture in Rome burned the words, "we rise by lifting others" into my mind and I've thought about what it means ever since in a world that has strayed deeper into the corrosive darkness of cruelty and fear.
Last year, I decided to curate my own playlist of Christmas songs and since this is a time of year when generosity is vogue, I thought I would share my solstice soundtrack with you.
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