Algeria
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies