Brass musicians from the Salvation Army play the Christmas carol “As with gladness, men of old” and raise donations on the concourse at London’s Liverpool Street station during the morning rush hour.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for reading, commenting and encouraging me in my writing and journalism over the course of this year, and to wish you, your families and loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful 2015.

– Samuel Hooper