France
How liberal and egalitarian was nineteenth century France?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the conflicts and continuities of France from Louis Philippe to the Belle Epoque
The British-French border con
In the English Channel, France fails and the British government spins
Understanding France’s newest terrorism
Lockdown interrupted terrorism, but the post-lockdown West is more permissive
The divisiveness of Five Pillars
The UK’s chief website for British Muslim news sows more division than unity
Lost dream of coexistence
Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series
Bullfighting à la mode
Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish
France, Mali and military coups
French interventionism in Mali has fostered little stability
Grace under pressure?
How effective have high-risk media events been for French foreign policy?
History in the Age of Woke
Macron aims to rewrite history, with Britain not far behind
Seeing France through the ruin of her past
Nantes cathedral did not burn alone
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
