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
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
