Laughter
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess