Christmas
Britain’s love affair with port
Henry Jeffrey’s recommends a selection of port for Christmas 2020
Festive nuts and spice
Nancy Mitford’s 1932 festive novella ‘Christmas Pudding’ is the tonic 2020 is crying out for
Into the festive spirit
Christopher Pincher enjoys a 2009 Margaux in a dining room steeped in historical scandal
How to beat the killjoys
A pared-back Christmas means we can at last bin the big bird, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
Reflection in Advent
I am a half-Jewish product of artificial trees, bagels, White Hart Lane, and of two people who knew little of theology but everything of God’s love
The lost art of the Christmas single
The great Christmas singles came from the broken remains of a country that had forgotten how to be itself
Christmas doesn’t have to be cancelled
A Covid Christmas could be the right time to introduce new festive traditions
2020: It’s no place for the old
The debate over Fairytale of New York is proof that 2020 is the year in which woke doctrine went into overdrive
‘Tis the season to be Zooming?
After months of misery and lockdowns, the prospect of losing Christmas would be disastrous for so many
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
