French Culture
A full Platée
A daring production of a daring work
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
J’adore les bleus
Antoine Dupont makes the game look easy
A study in radical rhetoric
We can disagree with Annie Ernaux’s politics while saying she deserves her Nobel Prize
Lost dream of coexistence
Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
