The Blue Monday mathematical formula was created by Cliff Arnall, formerly of Cardiff University. It marked a symbolic date in January when people are suffering due to the piling up of a combination of negative effects.
The components of the Blue Monday formula are: weather (W), debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and our ability [...]

January and it’s time for the annual JMW Turner exhibition at the National Gallery (A light in the Darkness). In accordance with collector Henry Vaughan’s bequest the watercolours, which are notoriously susceptible to fading, have their radiance preserved, by only being exhibited in the first month of the year. Famously known as “the painter of [...]