Schools across the UK have been targeted by anonymous TikTok accounts where pupils rate and defame their teachers

France should look across the Channel before electing a journalist as president

Patrick Galbraith salutes the perfection of “imperfect” dogs

It’s a kindness of friends not to look at what we’re doing

Art that shocks, offends, and amuses has a purpose beyond aesthetic: its existence is a testament to freedom of expression

Stripping a people of its identity and history is the prerequisite to control

Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence

The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant

Why would our friends even want to give us Covid?

Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival