Minimal Nativity Set made of plain wooden blocks by Emilie Voirin

12/07/2020 - 3:09pm

Deck the halls! Ironic hipster Christianity may save us all Perhaps the new 'Minimalist Nativity' sets represent a staging post back to faith

Mary Harrington

Tutor speaks out on Cambridge free speech battle Freddie Sayers spoke to Dr Arif Ahmed about the university's free speech vote

Nottingham and the fall of civilisation When a city is crushed by concrete, there’s nowhere left to go when it crumbles

Friday, December 4

Mosul, unexpectedly, is a classic war film Netflix has created a created a masterpiece that honours the people of Iraq

In praise of the Covid superforecasters Unlike vague statements made by commentators, we made testable predictions

Vapid politicians will never unite our country A new report on Britain's 'tribes' offers no solutions to a dysfunctional nation

Thursday, December 3

Hong Kong dissident: 100,000 could move to Britain next year Freddie Sayers spoke to activist Nathan Law about his exile in London

Healthcare workers will be the first piece of the vaccine jigsaw Doctors and nurses will get priority, but everyone will feel the benefits

Give Harry a break, he’s right about Covid The Prince's public statements can be tiresome, but this one happens to be true

Wednesday, December 2

In the Keira Bell case, the NHS trust had no answers Many open questions remain about puberty-blockers

It’s official: I’m a menace to society A member of the EHRC liking my tweets has become a news story

How a Hungarian MEP exposed Fidesz’s failings The Szájer scandal is about more than individual hypocrisy

Alexander Faludy

Don’t let an accident create another pandemic We need to think hard before using our ever-expanding bio-engineering toolkit

Tuesday, December 1

The ‘Stolen Election’ narrative is nothing new The tendency to cast doubt on the opposing party’s victories goes way back

Geoff Shullenberger

The Welsh have always wanted to drink on their own terms Mark Drakeford's 'booze ban' is not the first time Wales has endured prohibition

Theo Davies-Lewis

Where next for the Bernie Sanders Left? Freddie Sayers spoke to American historian Harvey Kaye to find out

Monday, November 30

Academics face a moral dilemma Is the highest purpose to promote social justice or academic freedom?

Mary Harrington

Love, not money, will save the Union An emotional case for Britain needs to be made

Layla Saad: a curious case of false identification with black America The Qatari author should be more vocal about the racism in her own country

Friday, November 27

The MoD can learn a thing or two from Italy The country has engaged in a dramatic programme of naval modernisation

The case for aid should have been patriotic, not preachy Everybody loved the foreign aid budget — apart from the public

“Accentism” is real, but impossible to end Humans love status signals, and they can't be legislated away

Thursday, November 26

I am utterly confused about the Oxford vaccine There are many questions about the trial left unanswered

Will Covid kill Silicon Valley? A worker exodus from California marks a permanent change for Big Tech

Thanksgiving Wars are more performance than reality Today's holiday is the latest flashpoint in pandemic politics

Wednesday, November 25

No, urban graduates are not the new working class The Left is engaged in a futile attempt to redefine the term

Today’s alt-Right are the ideological children of Yukio Mishima Both share an obsession with traditionalism and hatred of modernity

James Bloodworth

Can we count on low interest rates? Rishi Sunak may wish to take the long view on this question

Suzanne Moore: ‘I felt absolutely betrayed’ The former Guardian columnist tells her story to Freddie Sayers

Tuesday, November 24

Climate doomsters are giving children ‘eco-anxiety’ Scaring youngsters about the future will do them no good

Andrew Cuomo is not a hero of this pandemic The governor has successfully whitewashed his Covid performance

Why 2021 is going to be a fantastic year for Britain There will be months of indulgence and excess when Covid recedes