Mark Le Fanu
Mark Le Fanu teaches world cinema at UCL. His most recent book is Believing n Film: Christianity and Classic European Cinema (I.B. Tauris)
Art in Paris under Covid
Mark Le Fanu goes to the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Marmottan, and the Musée Antoine Bourdelle
The literal gaze of James Tissot
An exhibition of the work of the 19th century painter James Tissot has opened in Paris
An adult view of monarchy
The artistic achievement of ‘The Crown’ has been undervalued
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Don’t exploit Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Her legal triumph should be the start and not the end of the reckoning
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
Labour’s inaction on religious persecution
The Freedom of Religion or Belief brief is simply being ignored by the government
The delusions of “consent”
We can be too willing to believe in people’s willingness
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems