Today, a break from politics for some indispensable life advice. [ Trump’s disturbing National Security Strategy should be required readingOpens in new window ]Is a bottle you buy for €40 better than a €20 wine? Is the quality gap as big as the one between the €10 and €20 bottle? Finally, church attendance as a uniform social activity has collapsed in recent decades, for obvious and probably predictable reasons. For many of us, especially at this time of year, there is a comforting familiarity to its ritual and cadence.

Source: The Irish Times December 28, 2025 09:56 UTC