Cadmore End, Buckinghamshire. Happy New Year How fortunate we are that the Earth began orbiting the Sun on the first of January, back in the year whenever it was (presumably Archbishop Usher can be more specific). If it hadn’t, we’d have to celebrate New Year’s Eve maybe in July or September, thus extending the Christmas period intolerably. And how equally fortunate that it takes the Earth 365 days to orbit the Sun, before repeating the process ad infinitum. That, to me, seems a reasonable le
