France
La Hague: Recycling the French Model
France’s slogan “We may not have any oil, but we have ideas” has proved to be the winning hand when compared with Britain
Faking a Killing
The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie
Revolutionary Passions
Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant: A Dual Biography by Renee Winegarten
Love in a Snowy Climate
Human Love by Andreï Makine
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood