The Willow Man, a once great giant bestriding a field in Somerset, glimpsed by motorists on the M5 and rail travellers between Bristol and Exeter, has in recent years fallen in stature. Could 2024 be the year he is made majestic once more?

Lighten the dry Jan blues by visiting the Jarramplas Festival, which takes place in Piornal, in the Spanish region of Extremadura every year on 19-20th January. As well as being a sight to behold it is also BYOT (bring your own turnip).

Happy new year, the Antarctic is bleeding. There’s a wound in Antarctica pouring blood into a waterfall the height of a five-storey building.

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