French History
The sordid truth about the 68ers?
Some claim the “anything goes” philosophy of the left-wing intelligentsia resulted in sex crimes
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
J’accuse: the case that never closes
France was putting itself on trial, for its actions during the war
Liberty, fraternity, animosity
The right-wing turn in France
A magisterial study of war and strategy
Jeremy Black deals a fatal blow to Napoleon’s reputation as a military genius
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Failed state
How history makes rioters of the French
Napoleon Bonaparte: The man behind the myth
Olivia Hartley and Dr Arabella Byrne talk about Napoleon’s legacy and why the French love anniversaries
Napoleon Bonaparte: A PR nightmare
On the bicentenary of his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains a curiously stubborn rampart of cultural history in France and beyond
France since De Gaulle: a radical or conservative republic?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about French reforms and continuities from Georges Pompidou to Francois Hollande.
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
