The soundtrack to a Charlie Brown Christmas is one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. It's either behind or ahead of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. This year, a new Super Deluxe edition is being released with an additional 50 unheard outtakes from five recording sessions. The music has become an integral part of my life, not only at this time of the year, but all the time.
Waves of protest after a stolen election in 2019 came to nothing. Now, thanks to the luck of geopolitics and petro-economics, President Nicolás Maduro is increasingly
back in favour. “Peanuts” blazed a trail for comic strips, but beneath the family-friendly messages were a
probing examination of the human condition. And a listen to the soundtracks of the franchise’s small-screen adaptations. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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