France
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
A study in radical rhetoric
We can disagree with Annie Ernaux’s politics while saying she deserves her Nobel Prize
Lola and the silence
French politicians cannot face facts
Saints and sinners
The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten
France and the Queen
A sense of what was lost
A return to duty
Campaign Diary: Bedbound reflections on the ongoing brutality of war in Ukraine
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
Cancelled at Cannes
Sidelining the creator of a national movement is pure, unashamed revisionism
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election