Emmanuel Macron
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?
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
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
