Marie Le Conte
Marie Le Conte is a freelance political journalist based in London, and author of Haven’t You Heard? Gossip, Politics and Power (535).
It was absurd we accepted lockdown
It isn’t just the parties that should make us so angry, but the draconian restrictions themselves
The eye of the storm
Marie Le Conte on the bruising experience of inadvertently becoming the target of a Twitter feeding frenzy
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret