Marie Le Conte
05 March 2026
This is the last chance for the French left
They are the only political force that can keep the extreme right wingers out of power in France. And so, of course, they have just fallen out
Read the full article04 March 2026
The problem that will never be solved
People with mental health issues can go to therapy, can seek help and learn to manage their conditions. But it’s important to remember that sometimes there is no happy ending
Read the full article04 March 2026
That friend you’ve not seen for ages? Give them a call
There’s a natural rhythm to relationships when you’re young that mean you can embrace someone without ever really meaning to
Read the full article25 February 2026
The Outsiders Arts Club
Do you secretly know very little about art? Are you interested in good stuff that doesn’t need a mortgage to buy it? Then this is the place for you
Read the full article25 February 2026
The one thing I will never understand about Britain – class
This September, I will have lived in the UK for longer than I lived in France. And yet the defining characteristic of British society still remains, to me, a total mystery
Read the full article14 February 2026
London is unaffordable – even for an optimist like me
My rent is about to jump by well over 10% and I’m not alone in my struggle. Why aren’t alarm bells ringing for the government?
Read the full article11 February 2026
A cure for political extremism
Smoking and drinking might be bad for the health, but sitting around with people who see the world differently can have profoundly beneficial effects
Read the full article10 February 2026
Dancing to Bad Bunny won’t save me from February
Going out every night, dancing around the flat listening to Bad Bunny, the cinema – none of it does any good. Perhaps the secret to dealing with seasonal misery is just to lean into it
Read the full article04 February 2026
Why I hate the French film classic everyone else loves
Godard’s A Bout De Souffle is needlessly repetitive and unbearably sexist
Read the full article31 January 2026
Should we be kicking out the children?
French trains have caused a stir by introducing age limits on certain services. Unfair, perhaps. But do you like peace and quiet? Or do you prefer screaming toddlers?
Read the full article28 January 2026
I bought a coat and it ruined my online life
One guilty purchase was all it took for the algorithm to start stalking me
Read the full article22 January 2026
Congratulations Kemi: Robert Jenrick is no longer your problem
The departure of hard right egotists like Jenrick gives Badenoch a chance – she can break the Conservative doom loop and move to the centre
Read the full article21 January 2026
My journey into Hades
I found Greek mythology a bit stuffy and dull when I studied it at school, but now I get why so many people got hooked over the centuries
Read the full article21 January 2026
This is what trans people really think
Last April’s Supreme Court ruling left a community shocked almost into silence. This is what they have to say about fear, defiance and the future
Read the full article17 January 2026
How to shout at the NHS
I had a large wound with a machine attached to it, but for some reason the doctors couldn’t help. I was assertive and received help – but it shouldn’t have to be that way
Read the full article15 January 2026
Robert Jenrick, the hollow man
This opportunistic ‘saviour’ could kill off the Tories completely
Read the full article08 January 2026
Brigitte Macron’s difficult court victory
Online trolls who claimed the French president’s wife was secretly a man, have been convicted in a Paris court. Does that mean misgendering someone – including trans people – now means jail time?
Read the full article08 January 2026
Help! I nearly fell for an AI scam
A whole load of people fell for AI-based scams over the Xmas and New Year period. I really thought the future was meant to be better than this
Read the full article07 January 2026
Britain’s ‘all or nothing’ problem
It ought to be possible to dabble in guilty pleasures without ruining our lives in the process. But Brits don’t seem to know the meaning of ‘moderation’
Read the full article28 December 2025
I don’t need New Year’s resolutions, but our politicians do
Here are some suggestions for Starmer, Badenoch and Farage, which might help them – and us – to have a happier 2026
Read the full article19 December 2025
The most libidinous plan the EU ever created
The Erasmus scheme allowed millions of UK students to broaden their horizons – and also their private lives
Read the full article15 December 2025
Reform’s Bonnie Blue Christmas
An endorsement from the porn star underlines the hypocrisy at the heart of Nigel Farage's party
Read the full article15 December 2025
Brigitte Macron’s nasty little words
Non-French speakers don’t fully understand the phrase “sales connes”. But we do, which makes the president’s wife using it even more awful
Read the full article10 December 2025
Sorry Aussie kids – you have been permanently logged out of your account
Young people got depressed, anxious and led astray long before social media arrived. So is the new ban in Australia really going to do any good? And if so, how will we be able to tell?
Read the full article10 December 2025
In praise of being a citizen of everywhere
Lacking roots doesn’t mean lacking ties, and people will always matter more than places do
Read the full article03 December 2025
Your Party is a circus – but so are all the others
Corbyn’s comical conference highlighted a broader dearth of vision and intellectual heft that’s diminished UK politics
Read the full article03 December 2025
It's time to get out of your cultural silo
I’ll go out of my way to watch stuff I’m sure won’t be my thing, just because finding common ground is pleasant – even if it’s friendly disagreement
Read the full article27 November 2025
Backing books over screens might be Reeves’s best budget move
The chancellor recognises the power of getting children to read - now she must convince the parents
Read the full article26 November 2025
Why I hate bleak, bland AI
I look at the way millions and millions of people use generative AI and it makes my brain want to shrivel and hide
Read the full article21 November 2025
Will the real Shabana Mahmood please stand up
The home secretary says we need to get tough on immigrants, but only a few years ago, she thought the complete opposite – so which is it?
Read the full article15 November 2025
The Epstein enablers who looked away
I'm always shocked to my core when I remember that only relatively few people consistently care about rape and sexual assault
Read the full article13 November 2025
Apparently I have ruined the workplace
That is what the New York Times seems to think – but surely I can’t take all the credit
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