yuletide: Spitalfield’s Life welcomes the Festive Season with George Cruikshank’s illustrations—see previously

hoops and loopholes: NPR’s Planet Money surveys the US tax code and tax-exemptions
curds and whey: the ecosystems that make up our cheeses—via Damn Interesting’s Curated Links
sight and sound: a once-a-decade poll of critics and filmmakers rates the top one hundred movies of all time
the duchy of rutland: a Christmas at Belvoir Castle