Smuggling
How many people actually smoke?
Manchester memories and the black market in tobacco
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Peston’s inbox
Kemi wants a correction, and Keir could appear on celebrity TV
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
