The Bell's Christmas hours

Dear readers — welcome to the final stretch of 2025. Hopefully you've nearly completed your festive preparations and are winding down. Both Robbie and Calum have — smartly — signed off for the holidays, so this very brief Monday edition comes courtesy of an interloper (Moya). We wanted to let you know that, like Britain's trains, The Bell will be running a much lighter schedule over Christmas.

Unlike Britain's trains however, the disruption will be minimal, with fresh features dropping weekly until normal proceedings resume from the 5 January. We'll also be unleashing some classic pieces from behind the confines of the paywall, and rounding up our favourite articles The Bell has published this year.

We'll save our reminiscences and thank yous for the incredible year we've had for 31 January. For now, we raise a metaphorical mince pie to everyone. And one last thing — if you haven't yet completed your Christmas shopping, might we suggest a Bell subscription for 44% off?

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Sounds good, doesn't it? What sounds even better is that prices start from £19.90 version for a three month subscription. You know what to do.