The Holly and the Ivy

And the ineffably elegant Margaret Leighton

Film 4 today, at 11am (rather outré to watch television at the time it is actually scheduled), for the most exquisite Christmas film ever made: The Holly and the Ivy.

I remember the first time I saw it, one mid-December afternoon, about fifteen years ago. I was wrapping presents with the telly on in the background, and found myself gradually listening… …