Christmas
The art of fast food
Empty shelves need not mean dreary eating
Unexpected music and a crisis of theology
The Critic Narrated: Episode Six, with Sarah Ditum and David Scullion
Santa’s unspeakable sack
Why are publishers so sniffy about stocking fillers?
Cheer leaders
Opera unswervingly believes in the potential for a divine spark in humans, says Robert Thicknesse
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
The news is Good and should be celebrated
Christmas shows us why lives are worth saving
Like the ancient world, we have an inability to explain or even value ourselves
Bored to tiers
Alice Cockerell proposes a drinking game to help deal with those who can’t stop talking about Covid-19
Happy Holidays?
View from Oxford: a year in woke
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances
The gifts that keep on giving
Part of the magic of Christmas is how it pulls you back towards your home—if not physically, then at least in spirit
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
