Battle for the Headscarf

The War on Burkini

The fear of foreigners within in the age of radical Islamism

Tamil Heroes: The Avengers’ Day Out

Two angry Tamil heroes caught between damnation and salvation 

Bastille Day Horror: We Are Afraid

What is it that makes France the most obvious target for Islamist terrorism? As the country recovers from the Bastille Day horror in Nice, François Gautier portrays a traumatised republic under siege

Post-Brexit UK: The Eternal Battle

Memories of futile heroism and the politics of reckless morality in post-Brexit UK

What France Can Learn from Italy

The Italians take action the moment the very first indication of terror comes in

Slip Away: Around the World in Style

Vive Paris: The Beginning of History

What 13 November means for our newly tribal world

Dheepan: A tiger burns bright at Cannes

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, the story of a former Tiger’s second life in France, rendered partly in Tamil, has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes

The Gift of Dionysus

The story of Champagne is rife with irony, accidentally produced by the winegrowers of north-east France who did all they could to kill the sparkle