It’s quiz time: how well do you remember 2024?

Sports, scandals, music, memes… Take our bumper quiz of all the highs and lows of the year that was

The year in stuff – from chicken wine to cucumbers and mini mullets

Did you make and trade a friendship bracelet? Invest in a Stanley cup? What we wore, used and shared in 2024

Whose lunch is it anyway? Match the authors with their midday meal

You can tell a lot about a person from the food they eat. But can you match these seven writers to the things they devour?

Sunday with Jeff Stelling: ‘I won’t have more than two beers’

The sports anchor talks about his two dogs and eight cats, boring breakfast, trips to Hartlepool and prep for Monday morning

The joy of trivia: ‘We wrote our book together to intrigue each other’

After midlife burnout came a rediscovered curiosity for two friends and writers

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

Jenny Eclair looks back: ‘Anorexia is difficult to get out of. I can joke about it now, because I’m overweight’

The comedian and novelist on the stress of sudden success, her disordered relationship with food, and how hobbies have replaced her libido

I can afford my life. Why can’t I be less anxious about money?

Being self-employed, I am familiar with my bank account’s ebbs and flows. My worries about money aren’t entirely rooted in reality

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation

Voiced by Gerard Butler and Emilia Clarke, this is cosy-as-crumpets family fare, although padding out the book into an 80-minute film is a stretch

The Shining, burritos and $5 gifts: readers’ unusual holiday traditions

Their answers are a reminder that the holidays can be whatever you want them to be

Is there anything more condescending than being called ‘buddy’?

Far from being friendly, like ‘love’, ‘duck’ and ‘hen’, the term is faux-matey with an edge of covert aggression, writes Emma Beddington

Australian Christmas kids’ gift guide 2024: 60 great ideas for babies, toddlers, kids and tweens

Our discerning writers and editors have searched high and low for the best (and budget-conscious) children’s Christmas presents for this holiday season

‘Playing games turns me into a person who makes sense’

When he was diagnosed as having autism at the age of 40, author Tim Clare saw a link to his lifelong love of board games. Here, he explains the power of the game for those who struggle to understand the rules of life

Sunday with Bill Bailey: ‘I’ll head up to the Ridgeway and watch the red kites’

The comedian tells Rich Pelley he likes to stay in and takes it easy, or else heads out of London to see some amazing fork-tailed birds of prey

An audience with Hunter S Thompson at his Aspen lair, 1998

The original gonzo journalist obliged with good copy, but there was something sad about the ravaged writer