Columns
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine