Parcels of love

If you’re planning to send a gift of food through the post this Christmas, you’ll be following in the footsteps of generations of Irish people before you

Vast volumes of parcels were sent home from US expats to their post-Famine Irish relatives

After eating, sleeping, staying warm and procreating, the human urge to connect is one of our most primal. For as long as we have had fires to gather around and food to cook on them, we have had people to share that food with – and that act of breaking bread together has served to strengthen bonds within and between communities.

This Christmas, whatever governments decide about who can travel and gather where, many of ...