France
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
Empire of the Imagination
Historical metafiction
Hold a mirror up to France
Imagine the Channel migrant crisis were reversed — who would the media blame?
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
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
