12/23/2020 - 12:05am

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

Boyd Tonkin

21.12

How dangerous is the Covid mutation? The new strain is more contagious — but not necessarily deadlier

Tom Chivers

21.12

Boris can survive a cancelled Christmas Many voters are still giving their shambolic PM the benefit of the doubt

James Kirkup

17.12

Hope rises from the rubble of my church This ancient parish stands firm as the demolition diggers move in

Giles Fraser

03.12

Maybe Scrooge was right Windy lectures on structural inequality won't change society, but kindness might

Giles Fraser

01.12

Is Christmas dinner worth dying for? The Government should be clearer about potentially deadly policy calculations

James Kirkup

19.11

Why sneer at Christmas pudding? This Sunday, stir up a potent mix of warfare, religious violence and class conflict

Mary Harrington

25.09

Why Covid can’t cancel Christmas There is much to be gained by knocking out of all the cheap commercial cheer

Giles Fraser

26.12

The dangers of festive over-indulgence As Stephan Guyenet’s <I>The Hungry Brain</i> demonstrates, capitalism is cooking up food to reprogram our appetites

Tom Chivers

24.12

Did you have a Brexit-free Christmas? Why family should be a shelter from the political

Niall Gooch

29.11

Don’t fall for the Black Friday scam Gifting may be economically illiterate — but giving the right present is so good for the soul

Polly Mackenzie

24.12

Why Christmas is coloured with Saturnalia

Helen Dale