25 Dec 2020 - 12:05am

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

Tom Holland

23.12

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

Boyd Tonkin

30.11

The making of a modern martyr From Patrick Pearse to George Floyd, they're a sign the political conversation has broken down

Jenny McCartney

09.11

Jonathan Sacks spoke to us all Britain has lost one of its greatest moral philosophers

Giles Fraser

05.11

Do orgasms make us weak? The 'no masturbation month' movement points to a philosophy that dates back nearly two millennia

Mary Harrington

28.08

Do our politicians know themselves? Our leaders must do what is right, not what puts them 'on the right side of history'

Niall Gooch

11.08

Why they burn witches in Scotland Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, Christianity both assimilated and clashed with paganism

Diane Purkiss

06.08

The neoliberal revolution within the Church The ancient institution has been asset-stripped by an expanding bureaucracy of management-speak types

Giles Fraser

16.07

Even excommunication is better than cancellation Cancel and be damned: today's hyper-puritan mob justice offers no chance of redemption

Giles Fraser

02.07

The Church shouldn’t hide its sordid past If you pretend everything is perfect, there will be no grounds for redemption

Giles Fraser

11.06

How cancel culture makes liars of us all For fear of never being forgiven, we pretend to be better than we are

Giles Fraser

07.05

Zoom takes away a piece of our souls Video conferencing is a wonderful lifeline. But it's also subtly dehumanising

Giles Fraser