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Articles in this issue: The world this year KAL’s cartoon Covid-19 in 2020: The plague year Targeting big tech: Credibility gap Children: Getting girlhood right The Arab world: Ten years after the spring Country of the year: Admiration nation Letters to the editor: On farming, books, aerial combat, Latin, Machiavelli, diversity, Ireland, the turkey The Vatican’s finances: Falling on hard times The European Union budget: Locked and loaded Health care: Flight of the white coats Azerbaijan’s ghost towns: Bitterness prevails Charlemagne: Sprechen Sie Tory? Negotiations with the EU: An extra mile, a narrow path Brexit-related disruption: Lorrypolitik Heathrow expansion: Cleared for take-off Animal welfare: The pet offensive Bagehot: The wisdom of Scrooge The Arab spring at ten: No cause for celebration Iran: Go hang Western Sahara: Heat in the desert Kidnapping in Nigeria: The lost boys of Kankara Congo’s gold rush: Beer, brothels and broken dreams The final Senate races: The decider Covid-19 in New York: The Holly and the UV Cyber-security: Bear hunt Schools and covid-19: Lesson learned Lexington: Good neighbours Brazil: Awaiting their fate Cuba: From distortion to disruption Expatriates in Asia: Shipping out Preserving Yangon: In with the old Banyan: A lonely furrow Sexual harassment: Refusing to be silent Human rights: Proxy war Waste-pickers: Down in the dumps Newsletters: Season’s greetings! Rural France: Fragments from a forgotten valley Bloodsuckers: History, written by the vectors Sidney Street: The one that got away Digital humanities: The book of numbers Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander: The Alexander technique Shingle art: A universe of stones Essay: Awesome, weird and everything else Erasmus: Citizen of the world South Korean mountains: Race to the top Crossword, etc: Cryptic and coniferous Quiz: Try our Christmas quiz Gay rights: A queer old tale Travels in Zululand: Trust deficit Extraterrestrial hiking: A short walk in Gale crater Economies past: Factories and families Shaolin monastery: The profession of renunciation Reconstruction: Revolutionary embers Military deception: Bodyguard of lies Pleistocene Park: The prophet of permafrost Big oil: Brown v broad Cinema and streaming: Big bets on the small screen Bartleby: Straight talking Schumpeter: The parable of Ryanair High-tech finance: Quantum for quants Market mania: Froth or fundamentals? Counterfactual economics: Panned Free exchange: Location, location, location The highest fidelity: An auricular spectacular Evolution and agriculture: Good catch Data storage: Re-record, not fade away Poetry on the Tube: Tunnels of love Winter weather: The white stuff Economic data, commodities and markets The media and covid-19: The biggest story ever? We’re hiring full-time and trainee data journalists John le Carré: The watchful scribbler Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)