10/12/2022 - 1:01am

Annie Ernaux: queen of the suburbs The Nobel laureate carved beauty from the ordinary

Boyd Tonkin

26.08

All revolutionaries are selfish Émile Zola: 'Germinal'

Sean Thor Conroe

24.08

Will Macron call another election? A collapsing France could provide an opportunity

John Lichfield

18.08

Virgins get more done Joan of Arc knew men are a distraction

Mary Harrington

05.08

The Greek myth has been crushed Our pride and arrogance is merely a facade

Yanis Varoufakis

25.07

Interrailing wasn’t all sex and sunshine It was supposed to be romantic and mind-expanding

Rowan Pelling

16.06

The long march of the French Left Mélenchon is forging a populist path back to power

Christopher Bickerton

10.06

Macron’s tormented second term Young candidates hope to capture his parliament

John Lichfield

09.06

The paranoia of French politics Which two of my neighbours voted for the Trotskyists?

John Lewis-Stempel

01.06

France is desperate for a king Macron is as much a monarch as Louis XIV

John Lewis-Stempel

25.05

Does France need a Prime Minister? Elisabeth Borne must charm voters without upsetting Macron

John Lichfield

24.05

The failure of May 1968 Revolutionaries traded Maoism for marketing

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski