Emmanuel Macron
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?
Napoleon Bonaparte: A PR nightmare
On the bicentenary of his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains a curiously stubborn rampart of cultural history in France and beyond
Brexit’s best argument
VDL’s hapless performance must be delighting Brexiteers
Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing
The meek inherit nothing
Islamism is increasingly held not to be a deviant from Islam, but an orthodox aim of the “religion of peace”
History in the Age of Woke
Macron aims to rewrite history, with Britain not far behind
NATO’s at war with itself
Russia looks set to enjoy the fragility of its great adversary, the Atlantic Alliance
We can all be Gaullists today
Britain sustained de Gaulle. The general’s views on Britain should resonate now.
Red pill, blue pill
Is The Matrix best judged as cinema or cultural phenomenon?
The gender identity trap
The Conservatives will reap the rewards with a no-nonsense stance on gender ideology
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Inside the memory of 9/11
Twenty years later, it’s hard to remember how the world reacted with a unity unthinkable today
Did the anti-lockdown razor story really happen?
The BBC’s fact-checkers just can’t cut it
Just add water
The Hampstead Heath ponds offer a recipe for the perfect summer afternoon
The new misogyny
News flash: Lesbians are allowed to exclude penises from their intimate relationships
Low panic at high table
The Christ Church coup attempt is fast morphing into a much darker fiasco
The very long arm of the law
It would be wrong to give British citizens more protection from extradition than foreigners
August/September 2021: Letters to the Editor
Samuel Beckett is at his best when he’s being brief
Remembering Sir David Amess
Well loved by Commons staff and MPs alike