New Year

For content about New Year content e.g. resolutions, dry January

Blindboy, Naoise Dolan, Bressie, Ailbhe Smyth and more on what’s giving them hope for the year ahead

It’s hard to feel hopeful about the world right now, but these writers, broadcasters, entertainers, entrepreneurs, activists and conservationists are reaching for the light

Ditching the diet: How to heal our relationship with food for good

At this time of year, talk of diets is impossible to avoid, despite most failing and the well-documented emotional and mental damage of diet culture

Fitness fashion: Mood-boosting activewear to help your new year goals

Corina Gaffey: Opting for activewear that you feel good, confident and comfortable in will help motivate you

Brianna Parkins: My list of things to give up in 2024, starting with self-improvement

Trying to ‘live your best life’ could see you wasting it getting up at 4.30am - because that’s what people with self-discipline do

I feel that same old new year pressure even in the midst of a burning Australian summer

So much has been new since we emigrated that there hasn’t been much time for immersing ourselves in the present. The new year seems as good a time as any to change that

China’s Xi warns Taiwan over independence ahead of election

Taiwan’s president has urged Beijing to respect the outcome of January 13th vote

Why New Year’s health resolutions are a waste of time

Dr Muiris Houston: They tend to be inherently self-critical and stem from magical thinking that with one big change your life will be transformed

It is so easy to disconnect, lose your bearings and yourself in these strange days and nights between Christmas and New Year

In a Word ... Sloth

The Irish Times view on celebrating New Years’ Eve: the most divisive seasonal landmark

True New Years refuseniks will have been under the duvet for at least an hour by the time the final bell peals

Laura Kennedy: This time of year feels very familiar … and yet everything is different

In Canberra, Australia, everything except the people seems to be so much more intense than at home

‘I love Christmas, but not the pressure to create lifelong perfect memories’

Jen Hogan: The best festive memories are made of something simple, unfussy but definitive

Fiona Reddan: Four steps to better financial health in 2023

Assessing how to manage your mortgage, savings, pension and other debt does not need to be intimidating

It is time to slash and burn the number of meetings we attend

Our pandemic working patterns have raised the number of gatherings in which nothing is achieved

Avoid ads, cook more and switch providers: 23 tips to make your money count this January

Pricewatch: We thought we might suggest resolutions you can make that should improve your financial position over the year ahead

It’s time for a return to the forgotten tradition of ‘Long Christmas’

January should be a time for geniality, cheerfulness and gentle gluttony, not shivering abstinence made worse by a rigorous fitness regime

The rules of new year reading: pick a long novel, make sure it’s ‘difficult’, no swearing at dense paragraphs

Endless novels from the 19th century and earlier are there waiting to eat up the pre-Easter gloom

Love your liver: Some mortal lessons from the past in pursuit of dry January

Everyone has their own motivation, but here’s one: take a month off the booze and your liver will thank you

Say hello to 2023 with a new year clean

Banish those January blues with a sparkling clean and clutter-free home

How to...break a bad habit

Don’t focus on the loss but on the gain, such as better health, a clearer head, the financial rewards or more time to read books or pursue a hobby.

How to get the most out of bank holidays – and have over 60 work-free days this year

Careful exploitation of bank holidays the trick to maximising your time off this year

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