Agenda: Bringing in the New Year Without Binge Drinking ; New Year's Eve Is Here and the Celebratory Booze Will Flow. But Are Too Many of Us Missing Out On a Spiritual Welcome to Next 12 Months? University Professor and Former Birmingham Poet Laureate Roshan Doug Poses the Question

Birmingham Post › December 31, 2007

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With Christmas over and done with the countdown is under way for mid-night tonight .

No doubt millions throughout the country are planning how they're going to let in the New Year - whether they should make a journey to London and Trafalgar Square or opt for the relatively convenient, Centenary Square in Broad Street.

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Agenda: Bringing in the New Year Without Binge Drinking ; New Year's Eve Is Here and the Celebratory Booze Will Flow. But Are Too Many of Us Missing Out On a Spiritual Welcome to Next 12 Months? University Professor and Former Birmingham Poet Laureate Roshan Doug Poses the Question

Or, if they're grumpy old men and women like me, whether they shouldn't simply stay indoors in the warmth and comfort of their own homes with family and friends and moan about all the repeats on television this Christmas.

And tradition dictates in this country that festive jovialities must be accompanied with alcohol.

And, as Barry Norman w...

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