Francois Hollande
A dying language
Why I won’t let my children be taught French
Portrait of the week
Home The Somerset Levels continued to wallow in floods. The Environment Agency was widely blamed for not having dredged channels,…
Rebels without a cause
Things could scarcely be going better for the Conservatives. Every week seems to bring more news of the recovery. High…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain’s gross domestic product grew by 1.9 per cent last year, the most since 2007, according to the Office…
The hapless stationmaster watches France’s future prosperity depart
I’ve always respected stationmasters, but that sentiment is not universally shared. A distinguished friend of mine across the Channel described…
Winter warmers
James Cook’s third voyage as an English captain ended in disaster, stabbed to death and disembowelled by a pack of…
All the president’s women
Hollande’s affair demonstrates that the French are becoming more puritanical about monogamy
Long life
Of all the interesting revelations by the French magazine Closer about François Hollande, the most interesting for me is its…
Every little helps as the big banks continue to clean up their act
By and large it was a good week for the big banks — underpinned by encouraging news from the wider…
Sarko strikes back
The defeated president is ready to retake his party – and wreak his revenge on François Hollande
