We’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite 2024 advent calendars this festive season. From luxurious chocolates to silky smooth socks, we’ve got a little something for everyone.

Hurry now, and you might just be able to snag one of these top-notch calendars for yourself (if you don’t mind missing a few days of December!). And keep your eyes peeled, as some of these calendars can be bought at a reduced price already…

SOCKSHOP 25 pair bamboo Christmas advent calendar

SOCKSHOP’s festive sock advent calendar boasts a huge 25-days of soft, breathable pairs of bamboo socks – that’s 50 total socks! Each pair has its own unique festive design, making them a stylish and cozy comfort for the Christmas season.
With both men and women’s options available, plus one for couples, SOCKSHOP’s Christmas calendar is the perfect way to keep warm this winter, priced at £59.99 – only £2.40 per pair.

Get your SOCKSHOP Christmas socks calendar here.

12 days of JOMO advent calendar

JOMO’s extra special 12-day luxury advent calendar offers a range of individually wrapped gifts behind each door. With festive decorations, snacks, full-sized bottles of non-alcoholic drinks and more, there’s plenty to dig into from December 14th all the way to Christmas.

While boasting a whopping £300 worth of contents, the calendar itself only costs £115, making it a great way to splash out this Christmas.

Get your 12 days of JOMO advent calendar here.

Chilli No. 5 best spicy Xmas advent calendar

If you’re looking for something with a little more spice this Christmas, Chilli No.5’s spicy Xmas advent calendar offers 24 days of fiery flavours to enjoy. And with their sleek black and gold packaging, this calendar comes with both style and substance.

Chilli No.5 promise to not only bring the heat, but also incredible flavour, having won Great Taste Awards with their delicious gourmet sauces. Priced at £100, this calendar absolutely takes a spot as one of our festive favourites this Christmas.

Get your Chilli No.5 best spicy Xmas advent calendar here.

BrewDog’s 12 cocktails of Christmas

If you’re looking for a festive cocktail to shake up the Christmas season, BrewDog have you covered with their 12 Cocktails of Christmas. This selection includes some of their most classic flavours, as well as the brand-new Chocolate Orange Espresso Martini for an extra bit of festive fun.

No need to buy a whole heap of mixers and ingredients when you can get all 12 professionally pre-mixed cocktails for only £40 (£3.30 per cocktail). Now that’s what I call a Christmas miracle!

Get your 12 cocktails of Christmas here.

Pointer dog advent calendar

If you’re looking for a festive treat for your pooch, Pointer’s 24-day dog advent calendar is the perfect way to celebrate your furry friend this Christmas. With a range of carob and cheese flavoured oven-baked treats, your pup can enjoy a healthy treat every day of advent.

And, priced at only £6, you’ll have plenty left over to get a treat for yourself too.

Get your Pointer dog advent calendar here.

Clipper organic tea advent calendar

Lots of us love a festive cuppa on Christmas morning, so why not keep the festive fun going till New Years with Clipper’s 12-day festive tea calendar. This calendar features some of their most popular flavours, all stored in plastic-free biodegradable teabags. And, each day has two teabags, so you can share with a friend… or just enjoy them yourself!

This calendar costs only £4.50, and doubles as a lovely decoration with its festive home packaging – an absolute Christmas bargain.

Get your Clipper organic tea advent calendar here.

Cox & Co 60% single origin dark chocolate advent calendar

For a Vegan take on the classic chocolate calendar, Cox & Co offer a truly decadent dark chocolate selection. Their 60% dark chocolate blend offers hints of rich caramel and bitter coffee that melt in the mouth.

The box is fully recyclable, and features beautiful artwork from Dawn Ogden White printed on the inside cover. You can easily remove and frame the artwork, making this calendar stand out as both delicious and decorative at only £15.

Get your Cox & Co 60% single origin dark chocolate advent calendar here.

Pukka tea advent calendar

Pukka’s very own 24-day tea advent calendar boasts an incredible assortment of flavours for the full lead-up to Christmas. With an assortment of green, black, herbal and rooibos teas, every day has something special to enjoy.

Not only is it delicious, but the box itself is beautiful, with festive leafy details surrounding the classic Pukka logo. And, alongside each delicious tea, you can enjoy exclusive recipes, guided meditation and yoga using the QR code on the box. Definitely a bargain for only £12.99.

Get your Pukka tea advent calendar here, or in Waitrose.

Classic Christmas countdown advent selection box

Chococo’s Christmas countdown selection box takes the classic chocolate advent calendar and takes it to the next level. Alongside an assortment of award-winning flavours, Chococo offers a selection of brand-new chocolates for the festive season.

From Chilli Con Choc to Toffee Apple Caramel, this 25-day advent calendar is a truly special way to count down to Christmas. Or, if you’re not one for waiting, you can enjoy the whole selection with a movie for the perfect Christmas treat. At a surprisingly affordable £29, this advent calendar is an excellent way to indulge this festive season.

Get your Chococo Christmas Countdown advent selection box here.

NOËL ROYAL Christmas calendar

This year, Mariage Frères have released an absolutely stunning tea advent calendar to celebrate their 170th anniversary. This bold blue and gold advent calendar contains 25 days of unique and delicious teas, taking you on a flavour journey all the way up to Christmas.

For only £49, this calendar is both gorgeous and flavourful, making it the perfect addition to any tea lover’s collection.

Get your NOËL ROYAL Christmas calendar here.

Caviar House Prunier advent calendar

Caviar House Prunier’s sleek 24-day caviar advent calendar is an absolute stand-out this Christmas. Start Christmas in style with 24 decorative tins filled with delicious French Prunier caviar. This luxury advent calendar can be yours for £395, and comes in a range of different colours.

Get your Caviar House Prunier Caviar advent calendar here.

Melt’s Winter Palace advent calendar

This huge advent calendar by London chocolatiers Melt is the definition of decadence, with over £300 worth of artisanal treats to be discovered. At a whopping 6kg, this calendar definitely spoils you for choice, with luxurious hot chocolates, mouth-watering chocolate bars, enticing orangettes and more.

And with its gorgeous winter palace box design, and an array of iconic British architecture behind each door, this calendar is destined to be a Christmas centrepiece. And to top it all off, it’s fully recyclable. Priced at £285, this calendar truly is the definition of indulgence.

Get your Melt’s winter palace advent calendar here.

Caffè Nero coffee advent calendar

Caffè Nero now do their very own coffee advent calendar, packed with their fully recyclable Nespresso capsules. This 24-day calendar is chock full of a whole blend of their café favourites, with well-loved flavours and brand-new editions to enjoy.
At only £17.99, this coffee advent calendar makes a fantastic festive treat for those of us who can’t get enough of our morning coffee.

Get your Caffè Nero coffee advent calendar here.

Aiden Winn

Aiden is an editorial and production staffer at Title Media. He’s constantly looking for opportunities to have fun and get creative, whether it be art, baking, storytelling… you name it!

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Ever wanted to dress up as Kate Bush and recreate her dance from the 1978 Wuthering Heights video? Sounds oddly specific but if your answer is yes, then you’re in luck.

On 28 July 2024, Folkestone Harbour Arm in Kent will be celebrating Kate Bush Day, as they do every year, in a fabulously unique way. The Kate Bush Day event sees people pay tribute to the English singer by dressing in her iconic red dress from the Wuthering Heights music video. Not only that, but recreating the famous dance.

The event is free to take part in. All the hosts ask is that you show up in a red dress.

Hundreds of Kate Bush fans came together wearing red floaty dresses on Folkestone’s Harbour Arm to dance to her most iconic song, Wuthering Heights, on the 30th of July 2023 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The event coincided with Kate Bush’s 65th birthday and was watched by hundreds of onlookers.
(photo by Andy Aitchison)

At last year’s event, more than 1,500 participants attended; all dressed as Kate Bush. This year’s anticipated event will have more exciting opportunities.

The event will start at The Goods Yard with a warmup and dance tutorial, starting at 10 am till 11 am. Then from 12 pm, the first performance will commence at The Harbour Arm.

There will be a Kate Bush tribute band, the KT Band, from 12:15 pm to 2:30 pm, where an original member of Kate Bush’s band will perform.

A second performance will take place at 4 pm at the Harbour, where Dolly Doowop will close with a special DJ set inspired by Kate Bush, ending at 6:15 pm.

Short history

The Kate Bush Day trend started in 2013 with Shambush, a Brighton-based group that performed a collaborative performance piece, The Ultimate Kate Bush Experience. This saw over 400 people dressed up as Kate Bush taking part in recreating the dance from Wuthering Heights.

This trend started to stretch worldwide, even including Texas and Sydney. However, the one based in Kent at Folkestone has been the most successful since 2018.

Join the Kate Bush experience

Teach yourself the dance with this YouTube tutorial.

If you would like to go to the event and join the madness, then check out the organiser’s Instagram and Facebook page for the latest updates.

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There are a number of films it was inevitable we were going to see listed in several categories, such as Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon. Here’s the full list of Oscars nominations for 2024, it all its glory.

A huge congratulations to all the nominees. We’ll be excited to watch this event unfold, as always. The 96th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, 10th March 2024.

Read our interview with Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ke Huy Kuan from backstage at the 2023 Oscars

Best picture

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best actress

• Annette Bening – Nyad
• Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan – Maestro
• Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best supporting actress

• Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
• America Ferrera – Barbie
• Jodie Foster – Nyad
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best actor

• Bradley Cooper – Maestro
• Colman Domingo – Rustin
• Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
• Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
• Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best supporting actor

• Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
• Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling – Barbie
• Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best director

• Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
• Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
• Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
• Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Best adapted screenplay

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best original screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives

Best original song

• The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
• I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
• It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
• What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)

Best original score

• American Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best international feature

• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest

Best animated feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best documentary feature

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days in Mariupol

Best costume design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best make-up and hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Best production design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Best film editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best visual effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

Best live action short

• The After
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best animated short

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderme
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best documentary short

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island In Between
• The Last Repair Shop
• Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

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Maybe you’re always winning your local pub quiz, or you just like to test yourself for a bit of fun. The 2023 end of year quiz will show you how much you’ve been paying attention to national and global events in the past 12 months.

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Celebrate the end of the year with our big end of year quiz. Sport, culture, news, and everything in between... How much have you been paying attention in 2023?

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