French Politics
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Who will be Macron’s dauphin?
And what does it mean to be the heir to Macronism anyway
The French disorder
France needs more realism about its social decay
Liberty, fraternity, animosity
The right-wing turn in France
The empire strikes back
France is going to the polls in the shadow of its colonial past
The resurrection of France?
A third way to the cynical politics of Macron and Le Pen exists
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Liberté autorité identité
France pivots to liberal authoritarianism, not conservatism
Gaullism at a crossroads
The French Right faces its old demons and its moment of truth
Failed state
How history makes rioters of the French
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
