Today is the shortest day, but for some night time is more magical than daylight. The solstice is being marked with a festival called Loemis with ancient songs from Aurora Four, and a rather large feast. Emeritus Professor Robert Easting from Victoria University reads poems by Chaucer and Shakespeare to mark the longest night of the year.
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