Carols
Carols are much weirder than we think
Why, my sharp-minded colleague Tom Utley once asked after a Telegraph Christmas Carol service, should anyone think God would abhor…
Going for a song
Alexandra Coghlan on how we became a nation of choirs and carollers
Save the carol!
A glorious, healthy and intensely pleasurable tradition is in danger
No crib for a bed
I could never understand as a little girl why we sang: ‘Away in a manger, no crib for a bed.’…
The music of innocence
Michael Henderson on the splendour of carols
