{"id":1396,"date":"2026-01-19T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:21:15","slug":"january-13th-18th-blue-monday-wolf-moon-start-of-lambing-and-twelfth-night-old-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-13th-18th-blue-monday-wolf-moon-start-of-lambing-and-twelfth-night-old-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Monday January 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/chris-sansom-hackney-marshed-2022_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/chris-sansom-hackney-marshed-2022_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/chris-sansom-hackney-marshed-2022_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hackney Marshes, Jan 2022, Chris Sansom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Third Monday in the year &#8211; traditionally the most depressing day. Traditional in the sense of the word meaning &#8216;made up recently as part of a marketing campaign&#8221;  in 2005.  It was only a marketing stunt but seems to have stuck. So, &#8216;officially&#8217; Blue Monday is the third Monday of the year.  It was worked out using this &#8216;equation&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>[W + (D-d)] x TQ <br>M x NA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(W) weather, (D) debt, (d) monthly salary, (T) time since Christmas, (Q) time since failed quit attempt, (M) low motivational levels and (NA) the need to take action. (For more on Blue Monday read: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/what-is-blue-monday-and-what-makes-it-the-most-depressing-day-of-the-year-12787873\">https:\/\/news.sky.com <\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>More seriously,  a large scale study has shown that: &#8216;<em>suicides were most likely to happen on Monday compared to other days of the work week, with about 15% to 18% of suicides occurring on those days. And across all the studied countries, the likelihood of suicide always increased on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/these-are-the-days-when-suicide-risk-is-highest-global-study-finds-2000516224\">https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/these-are-the-days-when-suicide-risk-is-highest-global-study-finds-2000516224<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suggestion was that people might put off any attempt, hoping the weekend might mark the turning of a corner.  Then Monday arrives with no improvement. Similarly, we struggle through Christmas and New Year, and by the third monday are low on hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, do not despair!  If you have got through to today, things are on the up!  Only yesterday, my companion pointed out that the evenings were now noticeably lighter. And also, I saw my first snowdrop. Signs that the Spring is beginning to prepare to spring. We are turning the corner, and hope springs eternal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Samaritans &amp; Chad Varah<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need more help then ring the Samaritans 116 123 or visit their contact line here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan\">https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"5c575d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5c575d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Varah190.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10147 not-transparent\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chad Vara with Samaritan&#8217;s Phone ouside of St Stephen&#8217;s Walbrook (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>About 25 years ago, I used to lead a London based Cultural Studies programme on which we visited the Temple of Mithras, Saint Stephens, Walbrook, the Roman Amphitheatre and Guildhall.  In St Stephen&#8217;s I would point out the glories of Wren&#8217;s most beautiful Parish Church as well as a telephone on the wall. This recorded the foundation of the Samaritans organisation by the Rector, in the Church in 1953.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rector was Chad Varah, and in that year the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grocers%27_Company\">Grocers&#8217; Company<\/a> offered him the living of St Stephen Walbrook.  The phone line&#8217;s original number was  MAN 9000 (for MANsion House). It and the volunteers were originally in the Crypt. They received their first  telephone call on 2 November 1953.  Thereafter, it grew into a worldwide organisation.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a5a4a5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-1024x978.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10148 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a5a4a5; aspect-ratio:1.0470444939219585;width:356px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-1024x978.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-300x287.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-768x733.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-1536x1467.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-2048x1956.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/walbrook_jun_20_13-1320x1261.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plaque on St Stephen&#8217;s wall commemorating Chad Varah;s foundation of the Samaritan&#8217;s Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My groups were on a strict timetable.   I would sit them down on the seats (made by Chad Varah&#8217;s son) around the marvellous Carrera marble  sculpture by Henry More that dominated the Church. More often as not, Chad Varah would appear unannounced and give my group an erudite explanation of the history of the Church. Then he would explain his collaboration with Moore and the controversial developer Peter Palumbo in the transformation of the interior.   My schedule was shot but what a lucky day for my groups. He was always charming, and gave freely of his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"957f69\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stephen_walbrook_lh630_1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10149 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #957f69; width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stephen_walbrook_lh630_1.webp 460w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stephen_walbrook_lh630_1-300x215.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interior of St Stephen&#8217;s Walbrook, showing the Henry Moore sculpture which, in 1987, was very controversially installed in the Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ststephens_06Mar08_02.jpg\" alt=\"St Stephens Church, Walbrook\" class=\"wp-image-2441\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ststephens_06Mar08_02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ststephens_06Mar08_02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Stephens Church, Walbrook. This is an unusual and rarely seen view, as it is normally obscured by a building in the right foreground.  It shows that Wren only put effort into those parts of the Church that were visible from the streets around the Church. (the White stone segments)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a rather interesting short video of the so-called Cheshire Cheese Sculpture with Chad Varah walking around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=174446679595037\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=174446679595037<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might like to look <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/december-13th-st-lucys-festival-of-light\/\">at my post here<\/a> which includes a recording of a Swedish choir singing in St Stephens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revised and Samaritans added 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third Monday in the year &#8211; traditionally the most depressing day. Traditional in the sense of the word meaning &#8216;made up recently as part of a marketing campaign&#8221; in 2005. It was only a marketing stunt but seems to have stuck. So, &#8216;officially&#8217; Blue Monday is the third Monday of the year. It was worked &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-13th-18th-blue-monday-wolf-moon-start-of-lambing-and-twelfth-night-old-style\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blue Monday January 19th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112,116,115],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-folklore","tag-lambing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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