The concept of "wintering" (slowing down, resting and renewing) became popular a few years ago, due to a book of the same name. It's become hard to avoid at this time of year and anyone visiting a bookshop will find guides on how to winter, the joy of wintering, poems to winter with and, for all I know, a wintering colouring book and jigsaw set. By the way, on the subject of books: if you're wondering what I would like for Christmas, it's a review of my book! If you bought Pi

This is the time of year when newspapers and magazines all publish their "best buy" guides. You know the sort of thing. Aldi gets five...