Opinion

Children need their teachers – but teachers apparently don’t need protection from Covid, writes Kate Townshend.
Whatever your plans are over this strained Christmas period, remember you don’t deserve to be shamed, writes Harriet Williamson.
Living with a chronic condition has made me realise how harmful the mantra is, writes Robin Hatcher.
Now is the time for Boris Johnson to be brave and to make unpopular decisions, writes independent SAGE member and mathematician Kit Yates.
Things didn't have to be this way, writes UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow Catherine Barnard.
Women get harassed, stalked, even targeted for assault and murder when people question their sexual morality in a public and shaming manner, writes Elle Stanger.
It wasn't seen as 'inhumane' to cancel households mixing for Eid hours before the celebrations began, writes Mariam Khan.
Not all of us can afford to write off the first half of 2021, writes Lucy Pasha-Robinson.
While I normally love the warmth and glitter of the festive season, even in normal times I usually feel like I need another break in January to recover, writes Zoe Pickburn.
This pandemic has not been the great leveller: it has thrived in the chasms of a deeply unequal society, writes Ash Sarkar.