France
Seeing France through the ruin of her past
Nantes cathedral did not burn alone
Where all the brave words went after #JeSuisCharlie
Charlie Hebdo has not brought out the best in anyone
Communal unrest breaks out in France
Vladislav Davidson explains the most bizarre communal violence in recent memory
We can all be Gaullists today
Britain sustained de Gaulle. The general’s views on Britain should resonate now.
Macron needs another reboot
The French people are not happy. Can their President do anything to change that?
A Pauline conversion
Christopher Pincher discovers a family wine business in the south east of Sancerre
Death: a walk in the park
Everyday lies with Theodore Dalrymple
The liberation of Paris
Two excruciating months of lockdown have been lifted
Real life seems distant now
Marooned by the pandemic, a war reporter looks for silver linings
Paris on lockdown: ‘Eccentric’ running and a chastened president
Macron admits mistakes as quarantine continues in France
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
