I think that's the quietest I've ever seen him.

Hi, AnneA, Students can be such a pain, can't they! Still, better than not having a job, I suppose.

I think her request was quite reasonable, actually - I'm angry with myself for not doing something about it sooner, and with the university library for being useless.

How is the panto going? Have you sorted out the problems with the VIP tea yet?

Come on, M 'Virn, 'fess up. You were the inn keeper weren't you? "No room at the inn, so hop it!"

Do you want to know why we have the New Year Day and the Old New Year Day?

Do you want to know why we have the New Year Day and the Old New Year Day?

Is it the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar? They still celebrated the Old New Year in parts of Scotland into last century. And I think the date of the Shetland festival of Up Helly Aa is the Old New Year.

Mr Blessed is going to turn out to be an old softie, isn't he?

Go on then. Tell us!

He IS a big softie. Where you been?

Is it the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar? They still celebrated the Old New Year in parts of Scotland into last century. And I think the date of the Shetland festival of Up Helly Aa is the Old New Year.

Vargas is an old softie? What are you talking about?

Didn't the new year start in March at one point? Or am I thinking of Middle Earth?

Didn't the new year start in March at one point? Or am I thinking of Middle Earth?

We celebrated this day on the 14th of January, and then there was a revolution, and we started to celebrate it on the 1st of January. There is no celebration on the 14th, but we still call this day the Old New Year.
There were at least two reasons for this. We used the Julian calendar, and it was decided to start using the Gregorian calendar. Also those people tried to banish religion, so they changed the date of the New Year's day, but Christmas was celebrated on the 7th of January. So we celebrate New Year's Day now, and Christmas doesn't seem that important.

We have two weeks difference between the old style as we call it and the new style.

They did something similar to us as well. We lost eleven days in the name of progress. AnneA could probably tell you the details. I've spent a long time trying to forget it.

It did, on March 25th. And in some places it stated at Easter.

Yes, we lost eleven days in 1752.

Yes, we lost eleven days in 1752.

That was very clumsy of us.

My mom sometimes gave me presents on the 1st, the 7th and the 14th of January when I was a little girl. Though there is no celebration on the 14th of January, some people can congratulate each other. The more holidays, the better!

I love Peter Capaldi.

My mom sometimes gave me presents on the 1st, the 7th and the 14th of January when I was a little girl. Though there is no celebration on the 14th of January, some people can congratulate each other. The more holidays, the better!

I love Peter Capaldi.

Any excuse for a party!

He is great.

Not my favourite Doctor, but he is a great actor. My friend likes him as Cardinal Richelieu.

Not my favourite Doctor, but he is a great actor. My friend likes him as Cardinal Richelieu.

Oh, what was that in? I can just see him as Richelieu.

Three musketeers with Tom Burke etc

This film reminds me of the good old days when you were allowed to play 'hide and seek' in IKEA. Well, not exactly 'allowed', but before they banned it.