As we enter Lockdown #3, we knew you'd need some cheer to fill your ears with and turn that January frown upside down. Fear not! We made a Christmas and New Year Special episode of Not The C Word just for you. And it's a CRACKER. Julia and Luisa talk to the Northern Powerhouse, Tom Morrison, about the Great and the Grim of Christmas traditions. Prepare yourself for a lively debate about Love Actually and injected turkeys. Then Gareth Lewis Shelton, Chair of LGBT+ Lib Dems and co-founder of Pop Up Painting, chats to us about the science behind his measured and achievable New Year's Resolutions. Treat yourself to some laughter to get through lockdown.

Great and the Grim of Christmas traditions
https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/morrisons-the-best-cremant-de-limoux-sparkling-wine-533895011
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/12/which-pigs-in-blankets-christmas-crisps-tasted-most-like-the-real-thing/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-9035585/Mary-Berry-festive-rescue.html

New Year's Resolutions
https://www.nme.com/news/music/harry-styles-postpones-uk-and-european-tour-indefinitely-2839592
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/08/9943323/beyonce-black-is-king-world-building-b7

Guests

Tom Morrison
https://twitter.com/ThomasMorrison
https://www.shirleywilliamslectures.org.uk/
https://www.cheadle-libdems.org.uk/cheadle_gold_club

Gareth Lewis Shelton
https://twitter.com/GarethLShelton
https://twitter.com/LGBTLD
https://popuppainting.com/