28 Dec 2021 - 12:00am

Inside the Covid ward There is nobody to comfort our dying patients

27.12

Ernst Jünger: our prophet of anarchy The dissident thinker predicted our disordered times

Aris Roussinos

27.12

The cynical wokeness of Cambridge colleges Decolonisation is an excellent marketing strategy

Robert Tombs

27.12

Britain needs a cigarette Why do the English want to ban smoking?

David Hockney

27.12

Tribalism has come to the West Hostile and polarised, today's America reminds me of my Somalian clan

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

25.12

Why we cling on to Christmas Even the Godless need to be guided by ritual

Paul Kingsnorth

25.12

The myth of ‘pagan’ Christmas Why does the idea that this Christian festival was stolen from heathen tradition persist?

Tom Holland

24.12

There’s nothing wrong with a festive fight It's possible to navigate arguments at Christmas

Giles Fraser

24.12

Dickens hated Oliver Twist The Victorians virtue-signalled their way out of caring about poverty

Will Lloyd

24.12

Why are women becoming witches? Humans have always turned to magic when they feel helpless

Suzannah Lipscomb

23.12

How many lives has bioethics cost? In a pandemic we should do whatever kills fewer people

Tom Chivers

23.12

The feminist case against abortion When will society see mothers as people?

Mary Harrington