French Politics
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
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.
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
