Winter solstice 2020
The winter solstice happened this year at 8.09am on 21 December, when the north pole was titled farthest away from the sun. It marks mid-winter, the shortest day of the year, and the time when the sun returns for ever increasing periods until the summer. It is celebrated in paganism as one of four solar […]
Review of the year: Covid chaos, shrinking churches, conspiracy theories and sex abuse
Review of the year in the world of religion 2020: Covid chaos, places of worship go online but face a precarious future, faith groups polarised in US election, a spike in conspiracy theories, the crime of sex abuse and the loss of an incredible man
