Decorated trees, lit buildings, and Father Christmas in Beijing, China.A woman wearing a niqab is photographed alongside a shop selling Christmas decorations in Cairo’s Shubra neighbourhood. Photograph: Odd Andersen, AFP.An underwater Father Christmas in Malaysia, 2010.The Bolshoi Theatre at Christmas, Moscow, Russia.A Nigerian woman prays on the beach at Lagos, Christmas Day 2011. Photograph: Reuters.The Apollo Theatre, 125th Street, Harlem, New York, illuminated for Christmas.In Chandigarh, India, little schoolchildren dressed as Santa Claus sing Jingle Bells (and do the actions!). Photo: Reuters.
Dr Sophie Duncan is Fellow in English at Christ Church, University of Oxford. She works regularly as a historical advisor and as a dramaturg for theatre, TV, radio and film. She likes theatre, detective fiction and cocktails.
As Fellow in English at Christ Church, University of Oxford, I teach and research literature and drama from the Renaissance to the present day. I like Shakespeare, immersive theatre, true crime podcasts, and sonnets.
