December 23, 2020

O come, all ye faithless The drive to create sacred music isn't always born of unswerving belief

Boyd Tonkin

22.12

Who’s behind Marcus Rashford? The combination of social justice, sport and celebrity is a lucrative one

Will Lloyd

21.12

Make way for the first female President Capable, ambitious and better-liked than her father — Ivanka Trump might just inherit the nation

Kat Rosenfield

18.12

The Moroccan deal with Israel fills me with joy Fundamentalism can be fought through the kingdom's religious diversity

Marie K Daouda

17.12

Prostitution isn’t a choice There’s an awkward silence in pro-sex work arguments about who’s buying

Sarah Ditum

16.12

How the Black Blocs seized French streets A new wave of anarchist violence is threatening the country

John Lichfield

15.12

The painful truth about gout The 'disease of kings' now has more to do with poverty than privilege

Matthew Sweet

14.12

The medical crank who saved millions Today's vaccine scientists owe a debt to eccentric smallpox survivor Mary Montagu

Anton Howes

11.12

China’s useful idiots A new generation of intellectual patsies are lining up to do Beijing's dirty work

James Bloodworth

10.12

France will never be a nation of cowards Gallic courage, the harvest of centuries of battle, still beguiles the world

Dan Jackson

08.12

The SNP are falling apart faster than the Union Nicola Sturgeon’s embattled administration is besieged within and without

Henry Hill

07.12

How Finland became a Covid success Its young, liberal leader has had a good pandemic — so far

Ian Birrell