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You know the drill by now: the remnants of the turkey are sitting in the kitchen, the central heating is on far too high, you’ve loosened your belt buckle by at least one notch and the needles from the Christmas tree are gathering in mole hills on the carpet. The solution to Christmas afternoon torpor is, of course, the cheese board. Yet the creative paucity of most supermarket selections (stilton, brie and, sod it, more stilton) can render excitement and a renewed appetite null and void. Here’s some lesser known, truly magnificent British (plus one Irish and one Dutch) cheeses to make yo...

Kenneth Alwyn, leading light of the British music scene noted for Friday Night is Music Night – obituary He directed many West End musicals, and recordings included a thrilling 1812 Overture featuring slowed-down gunshot instead of cannon fire Alwyn recording Kenneth Alwyn, who has died aged 95, was an orchestral conductor who appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night for 30 years; he conducted the Japanese premiere of Holst’s The Planets, accompanied Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev dancing at the Bath Festival; and took over performances of Benj...