France
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
Coronavirus: are international comparisons helpful?
And do Europe’s small countries give us the most accurate statistics?
Principled abstention
Christopher Pincher embarks on Lent, but allows himself to indulge in French white wine
The twin prophets of pessimism
The novelist and the philosopher linked by a common fascination with despair
Amuse Bouche
Lisa Hilton finds a French-inspired retreat for flagging flâneurs in Shepherd’s Bush
Good companions
Brigitte Macron agitated to be granted the title of Première Dame, hoping to emulate not Yvonne de Gaulle but Jackie Kennedy
Equality for some
Labour’s is continuing a misguided approach to DEI
The disgrace of ACE
Arts Council England has failed to support artists and art
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
The exec on an unfiltered journey
It seems dangerously liable to foster neuroticism and credulity
When breast isn’t best
A major maternity support group is at war with its trustees over its insistence that men should be enabled to breastfeed
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Walking a tightrope
It is not easy for Jeremy Hunt to toe the government line without falling off
July letters
Tory trans activists and franchise folly
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
