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Star of wonder
A comet, an eclipse, a supernova, an alignment of planets - was the Star of Bethlehem, said to have led the wise men to the Baby Jesus in his manger, a real astronomical event? Experts have been scanning the ancient skies.


52 weeks pt 4 52 weeks, part four
Palin, Woolies, VAT... it's the grand finale of our quiz of 2008. Plus, revealed, the answer to the bonus question.

Letterbox Going Postal III
Royal Mail is working flat out. More than half of the Magazine Christmas cards have arrived so far.

Christmas card A round-robin to end all round-robins
January started with Colin's promotion from under assistant executive central heating operative to assistant executive central heating...

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MONDAY
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60 seconds: Cheapest, but best value?
The Monitor: Who from The Wire was once in Ab-Fab?

FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND
Can a vegetarian vampire still be scary?
Imperial v metric: Gonna take a centi-mental journey
52 weeks, pt II: Which fictional MP also held David Davis's seat?
Gift-wrapping. The hardest task of Christmas, says Clive James
Caption comp: What's my line - David Cameron on the Tube
The Monitor: Watch the weight of the gold ingots in your luggage
10 things: Oliver Twist was not hungry when he asked for more

THURSDAY
The quiz that beats all others: It's 2008, part I
Design a cover for our annual Best of the year's Who? What? Why?
Going Postal III: 25 Christmas cards are in the post
Laurie Taylor on the search for hard-and-fast truths
The Monitor: A reader composes the definitive version of Hallelujah

WEDNESDAY
S&M, a haircut: Just what is it that Hallelujah is really all about?
One I did earlier: Is it OK to make Christmas gifts the Blue Peter way?
Picture this: The writing is on the wall - literally
The Monitor: Is tying someone to a chair *really* S&M?

TUESDAY
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Downturn deja vu: The man who was made redundant twice
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The Monitor: Is David Cameron flying Ryanair to Shannon?



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