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GILES GASPER, a professor in high medieval history at Durham University, looks at the origins of the Easter feast...

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In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian marketing experts GARY MORTIMER and LOUISE GRIMMER look at how the shopping centre Santa became a staple of the festive season...

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