Marie Le Conte
06 June 2025
Trump v Musk: proof that men are too emotional for high office
The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve just drunk too much Red Bull – it’s just a shame they’re the richest most powerful men on earth
Read the full article05 June 2025
Kemi Badenoch is driving straight into a wall
She’s in opposition, and her errors are her problem. That doesn’t mean that her many, many failings as Conservative leader are any less galling
Read the full article04 June 2025
The charlatans are clearly here to stay
Both Europe and America are being forced to face the populist right and they aren’t going to vanish all by themselves
Read the full article31 May 2025
Everything you do is wrong
Progressive parties will never win votes by lecturing the electorate on how to live their lives
Read the full article28 May 2025
When is it the right time to leave home?
When it comes to building the person you’re meant to become, there are no shortcuts
Read the full article24 May 2025
How to stop rape culture
Victims of sexual assault are harmed twice: first by their abuser and then by the justice system. Recognising this is just the start
Read the full article21 May 2025
The government which actively loathes its own voters
Starmer is yet to reach the first anniversary of his premiership but, already, he has repudiated young middle-class metropolitan voters
Read the full article21 May 2025
Am I welcome in Britain?
I’m one of those people who’s lived in more than one country and has now settled in the UK. Is that really so unreasonable?
Read the full article17 May 2025
It’s time to decriminalise abortion
Current abortion law in Britain is just a series of loopholes. It’s time for new legislation, because, as the US example shows, women’s healthcare can quickly become a political target
Read the full article14 May 2025
Dilettante: The blind faith of old-school photography
Tech giants want our lives to become more efficient than ever, and film photography represents the exact opposite of what they preach
Read the full article08 May 2025
Britain has voted for chaos – again
Is the era of the two party system dead? Well, it’s certainly taking a much-needed rest
Read the full article07 May 2025
Have I become British?
How do you decide, for certain, that the place you emigrated to has changed you for good?
Read the full article03 May 2025
Bring back office culture!
Working from home has its benefits. But a whole generation of people who once would have learned on the job now have no one around to learn from
Read the full article30 April 2025
Why Vienna means nothing to me
I just really hate the Austrian capital even though I always assumed I’d love it
Read the full article26 April 2025
Gen Z’s problems are all our fault
To understand why they are finding it so difficult to become adults, we need to look at where we all went wrong
Read the full article18 April 2025
Starmer and the left’s “Hard Labour” problem
A column by the former New Statesman editor was meant to be a manifesto for a new, macho left. Instead, it draws attention to the government’s biggest shortcoming
Read the full article18 April 2025
Watching my trans friend come alive
How you relate to your gender shouldn't really be anyone else's business. In reality, everyone ends up having an opinion
Read the full article15 April 2025
Contemporary fiction is getting boring
The most important advice I’ve ever given myself about reading a book: if at first you don’t succeed, give up
Read the full article09 April 2025
Why we should all game-shame Elon Musk
Young men used to worship Trump’s buddy - now they are rinsing him while he struggles on a video game livestream
Read the full article09 April 2025
What our language says about us
Our speech is a living, breathing thing, influenced entirely not just by who we are but also by who we talk to
Read the full article04 April 2025
Adolescence and the dangers of “government by TV show”
Should political leaders really base their world view on television shows they’ve streamed after work?
Read the full article02 April 2025
We shouldn't be shocked at Rachel Reeves and Freebiegate
Despite her promises, the chancellor has become a product of the Westminster environment
Read the full article31 March 2025
Stop worrying about a Le Pen backlash
Her political ban might boost the National Rally - but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate
Read the full article29 March 2025
Paris versus the populists
The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?
Read the full article22 March 2025
Did the Covid pandemic change me?
Five years on from the first UK lockdown, 2020 feels alien compared to today
Read the full article19 March 2025
Dilettante: On the new entente cordiale
The entente cordiale was never dead, but it did limp on gingerly for some years. What a delight to see it thrive again
Read the full article18 March 2025
Why have so many people got ADHD?
If you are neurodiverse, there’s a strong possibility that the health secretary doesn’t believe you
Read the full article14 March 2025
Sadiq Khan’s winning policy
The Mayor of London pushed ahead with an idea he truly believed in and it worked – Labour politicians might want to take note
Read the full article12 March 2025
Dilettante: On embracing hometown glory
After noticing the negatives for too long, I've renewed my marriage vows with London
Read the full article07 March 2025
Don’t blame feminism for men and boys getting left behind
New research by a right-leaning think tank uncovers some genuinely shocking findings. But the answers aren’t in returning to "traditional male values"
Read the full article05 March 2025
It's time to put an end to impending doom
You don’t really matter to the world and neither do I, and that ought to feel freeing
Read the full article01 March 2025
How to kill the arts
Why does the government want to feed the UK creative sector to the AI companies?
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