Ebenezer

Pictured: World’s shortest street Ebenezer Place in Wick, Scotland, which is six feet, nine inches 

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Three strides and it’s all over. Welcome to the street that has been recognised by Guinness World Records as being the shortest in the world – it measures just six feet nine inches (2.05m) – therefore taking the average adult just three steps to conquer. The street is in Wick, Scotland, and is occupied by … Read more

Bah humbug, Ebenezer! You look a lot like Santa Claus: PATRICK MARMION reviews A Christmas Carol

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A Christmas Carol (Bridge Theatre, London)  Verdict: A delicious nut roast   Rating: The first of this year’s cornucopia of Christmas Carols opened this week with the revered Simon Russell Beale as Ebenezer Scrooge at London’s Bridge Theatre. And, wholesome and nourishing though Sir Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of Dickens’s festive tale is, it is, in all … Read more