What to put on top?
The Christmas tree is a product of many traditions - and long may it stay that way.
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An attack on free speech in Malta
The murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has worrying implications.
Fighting for abortion rights in Northern Ireland
50 years after the 1967 Abortion Act was passed, women in Northern Ireland still has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.
Why does psychoanalysis use the couch?
Q&A with Nathan Kravis, author of "On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud"
What is behind the violence in Myanmar?
Francis Wade, author of "Myanmar's Enemy Within" explains the deep roots of the violence, and the long-term persecution of the Rohingya people.
Seeking a cure for HIV
A child in South Africa appears to have been "cured" of HIV - and has lived treatment free for nearly nine years. What can this tell us?
The Great Firewall
Apple is just the latest tech giant that has failed to stand up to Chinese censorship.
The power of small acts of resistance
Q&A with Steve Crawshaw, author of Street Spirit, a book on the power of mischief in protest.
“I’ve been told I’m going to hell. People don’t realise I don’t believe in it.”
Q&A with Boyd Sleator, development officer for Northern Ireland Humanists .
New Humanist reading list: terrorism, extremism and democracy
1. What is Salafi jihadism? A Q&A with Shiraz Maher, who has written a book exploring the intellectual underpinnings of this warrior doctrine. 2. A politics of humanism can help…
Remains of the DNA
For the first time, scientists have retrieved the DNA of extinct humans from sediments in caves.