Fishwick Papers: The "Do They Know It's 'Do They Know It's Christmas Time' Time?" Edition

Well howdy from Melbourne Airport!I'm just about to board a plane up to Sydney for the holidays. It's quite delightful to reach the end of the year and know that things are set up for next year. The project I'm working on is starting to get off the ground and I've been researching all sorts of interesting film and tv things (more of which soon). I've got some small but exciting plans for next year - games to play and shows to write - but the first is that my on-again-off-again podcast What a Train Rec is back with a Christmas special! Give it a listen, won't ya? But for now, on with the things:

Christmas Specific

• A cute Christmas poem from Brian Bilston

• Why are so few people born on Christmas Day?

• Treat yourself to Neil Gaiman reading A Christmas Carol

Take a break from the internet

• Overwhelmed? This new chrome extension will save you

• Inside China's new three-digit-number social engineering project

• CCamera replaces your photos with identical photos from other people

Cool Designs To Look At

• Engare - a puzzle game inspired by the geometry of Islamic architecture

• An English furniture company growing trees directly into chairs

• The gayest, gayest, gayest wedding cake you've ever seen

Media Stuff

• The most important article about The Last Jedi right now

• A supercut of dances from classic films set to Uptown Funk

• Check out Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake's new socially conscious music

R.I.P. Christmas Vines of The Week

• Merry Christmas!

• Grumpy Christmas Husky

• Merry Christmas from a Venus Fly Trap

• Screaming Ducks + Screaming Snowmen

Well, that is all for now. My flight is being called and it is time to stop writing. Thank you for reading, thank you to the people who've written in with feedback and recommendations. Please tell your friends to subscribe! Finally, if you're in Melbourne and looking for a last-minute present, I can thoroughly recommend tickets to Impro Melbourne's How The West Was Improvised.Have a delightful holiday!With love,Fishwick 'Jim' Papers xx