Marie Le Conte
17 October 2025
Will France’s fragile peace hold?
Macron and Lecornu have got away with it for now - but the country has forgotten the art of compromise
Read the full article13 October 2025
Denmark’s social media ban for kids is a tragedy. But it’s right
For my generation, the internet meant connection. Now it only means division
Read the full article10 October 2025
The unsettling state of settled status
In Farage and Badenoch's eyes, is even paying taxes in Britain good enough for EU nationals like me?
Read the full article08 October 2025
Why it's better to travel alone
You don’t need to negotiate with anyone, and if you suddenly decide that whatever plans you made before leaving no longer suit you then you can change your mind
Read the full article02 October 2025
Does Gen Z have a future?
People in their early 20s are growing up with no jobs, no help and no prospects. That is a problem for us all
Read the full article01 October 2025
Robert Jenrick, the hollow man
He heads into the Conservative conference as the stricken party’s likely next leader. But this opportunistic ‘saviour’ could kill off the Tories completely
Read the full article30 September 2025
I'm skipping party conference season
I used to love it – but now I can see the problem with these annual political get-togethers
Read the full article27 September 2025
Sebastian Whale’s book of dirty politics
A new book on the role of the whips office raises an exasperating question about the role of politicians
Read the full article24 September 2025
Dear young people, get a life
Happy-clappy beige influencers are everywhere now, encouraging us to stay away from anything that makes life worth living
Read the full article18 September 2025
No, Unite the Right was not about women’s safety
Those who attended Tommy Robinson’s rally may have told journalists and social media that they “only” oppose immigration on feminist grounds, but they aren’t fooling anyone
Read the full article17 September 2025
The blandness of algorithmic TV
Most entertainment produced by streaming giants is quite nothingy these days
Read the full article10 September 2025
Britain’s trains are enough to radicalise you
No 10 talks about asylum seekers, hotels and flags, but the bread-and-butter issues are called that for a reason
Read the full article09 September 2025
Crisis in France: it’s all Macron’s fault
There’s only one person to blame for this cycle of collapsing governments
Read the full article06 September 2025
How I ruined an influencer’s photoshoot
Maybe I’d feel more willing to help if they didn’t look so daft. And they really do look very daft indeed
Read the full article06 September 2025
Yes, I’m a performative female. Does that make me awful?
A performative male may be "reading green-flag feminist literature and drinking overpriced matcha lattes", as well as carrying disposable cameras
Read the full article30 August 2025
Why go online, when you can paint?
I once fled my flat at every opportunity - but oil paints have taught me about the joy of being indoors
Read the full article30 August 2025
Fertility rates have hit an all-time low. But why are you shocked?
Costly childcare and housing, short paternity leave, poor support for the self-employed - no wonder more people are choosing not to have babies
Read the full article22 August 2025
Dear MPs, please leave Twitter. Now
The site has become an actively malignant force, and the playground of racists and fascists. How can politicians still justify posting on the platform?
Read the full article18 August 2025
Meeting a Rupert Lowe fan on the Piccadilly line
Our conversation felt like a scroll through far right Facebook – but reminded me that we’ve got to keep talking to each other
Read the full article13 August 2025
‘Farage’s fillies’ are insincere and ghastly. But they’re winning
Reform’s xenophobia is going to convince a lot of voters unless Labour shows it really cares about women
Read the full article13 August 2025
The real joy of cycling
Cycling across London has fundamentally reshaped my understanding of the city
Read the full article06 August 2025
A masterclass in getting your attention, starring Sydney Sweeney
Once upon a time the internet was going to give a voice to the marginalised. Now it seems right wingers are manipulating the attention economy for their own ends
Read the full article06 August 2025
Why everyone must go to Marseille
The city is quite obscenely beautiful, and the people are as warm as the weather
Read the full article02 August 2025
France’s ‘3-6-9-12 rule’ beats the Online Safety Bill
Simple screen-age guidance offers what Britain’s crackdown doesn’t: clarity and trust
Read the full article22 July 2025
Kemi Badenoch’s party just got slightly less terrible
It’s our moral duty to root for the reshuffled Tories – and we need them to take on Farage’s Reform
Read the full article21 July 2025
Now leave the Coldplay couple alone
Astronomer’s CEO and his head of HR have been shamed by the world. Does the punishment fit the crime?
Read the full article19 July 2025
Keir Starmer: the vindictive captain of a gloomy ship
The PM has a huge majority and is still relatively new to No10 – so why has he just thrown four of his MPs overboard?
Read the full article16 July 2025
My stand against the London-haters
Bashing the capital has become a popular and lucrative hobby for a number of right wing figures
Read the full article11 July 2025
The problem of vanishing video games
The companies that make some online games now want to retire them, which raises the question – who actually owns things nowadays?
Read the full article09 July 2025
How the internet tried and failed to kill my attention span
I’ve not given up on culture; far from it. What I do instead is split my life between online and offline
Read the full article05 July 2025
How the Diddy verdict silenced #MeToo
In the game of he said, she said, the former still wins. Until principles can trump money, MeToo’s survival is fighting a losing battle
Read the full article02 July 2025
Why I'm rooting for Zohran Mamdani
A politician my age is actually being taken seriously, and potentially welcomed into a position of power
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