Emmanuel Macron
Who will be Macron’s dauphin?
And what does it mean to be the heir to Macronism anyway
Ententes cordiales
The King causes controversy
Is restitution racist?
Returning cultural items can be vice clad as virtue
Liverpool, lies and France’s shame
The Stade de France fiasco bodes ill for forthcoming international sports events
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
The resurrection of France?
A third way to the cynical politics of Macron and Le Pen exists
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Gaullism at a crossroads
The French Right faces its old demons and its moment of truth
Le Pétain nouveau
France should look across the Channel before electing a journalist as president
Eric Zemmour: A French Trump?
Who is the dark horse of France’s presidential election?
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
