8 Dec 2022 - 12:01am

Michel Houellebecq’s sexual apocalypse Has our nihilist prophet been tamed by love?

Jacob Siegel

22.11

Macron’s grand European delusion His dreams of a French-German partnership are dying

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

08.11

The gangs of Calais The chaos in Westminster echoes across the Channel

David Patrikarakos

21.10

Is revolution brewing in France? Emmanuel Macron's own crisis is in the post

John Lichfield

13.10

France is haunted by civil war Jihadis and drug lords rule the banlieues

Francois Valentin

12.10

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