French Politics
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.
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected