Marie Le Conte
22 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
Read the full article02 July 2025
Giorgia Meloni: Lucky or political mastermind?
Her autobiography shows that the western queen of the far right is almost impossible to pin down
Read the full article28 June 2025
Britain is not ready for heatwaves – and it’s our fault
It's time for the country to change its entire approach to the weather
Read the full article25 June 2025
I quit vaping eight days and 12 minutes ago
I am finding it tough to quit vaping, but that’s fine: it merely is the price I’m paying for having enjoyed it for so long
Read the full article19 June 2025
The (long-overdue) vote to decriminalise abortion
In passing the vote with a bipartisan majority, parliament showed it doesn’t have to be a place where good news and policy comes to die
Read the full article18 June 2025
Why I'm feeling ravenous for European history
Trying to understand one part of European history feels like picking up a thread and realising, gradually, that it leads to an entire quilt
Read the full article12 June 2025
What Britain is throwing away
You used to be the coolest Europeans, with the best music and culture. But cutting back the British Council and the World Service will only make you smaller on the world stage
Read the full article06 June 2025
Actually, it’s men who are too emotional for power
The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve 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
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