Just so. It's hands down the best current affairs podcast around.

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat.

Avec +2,3M de données et +750 graphiques et cartes, l’Observatoire électoral du Grand Continent est le premier outil interactif et dynamique pour suivre toutes les élections en Europe—à toutes les échelles. Un outil indispensable à partir d'aujourd'hui. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/elections/

France is in some ways a case study of why results aren't always enough in politics. Nobody credits Macron during this election campaign for any of this (France also spends more on social programmes as a share of GDP (31.6%) than any other OECD country)⬇️

The economic recklessness of both France’s hard left and hard right. How the election promises of Le Pen’s RN and the left-wing alliance would damage the economy and aggravate the deficit, at a time when 🇫🇷 can afford neither In ⁦The Economist⁩ economist.com/europe/2024/06…

The last episode in particular is an excellent, if terrifying, summary of the perils we do indeed face.

Thinking today about the parting words that Jacques Chirac, France's last respectable President, had for the French people: "Never compromise with extremism, racism, antisemitism or the rejection of others. In our history, extremism has already almost led

Anyone who has ever taught history will absolutely ♥️ this clip of French Green candidate Marine Tondelier pulling out a whole bunch of primary sources on the 1936 Popular Front and patiently explaining them to a dumb chatshow host... She's the breakout star of 2024!

Democracy as it should always be.

Happy national day to the most obsessively unhappy people in the world. May you come to learn that France is not the worst of all possible Frances and to scorn the people who tell you otherwise.

One of the best Rest is Politics episodes, especially on ways of framing the mistakes we all make and how to move forward from them, most crucially (of course) in political contexts.

Very important reading here: British farmers have nothing left to give ft.com/content/c640f2… via @ft

Priceless. Oh, for those days...

Quelle chose joyeuse!

Emmanuel Macron est responsable de la crise dans laquelle nous nous trouvons. Mais nous ne pouvons pas entretenir l’illusion que sa démission sortirait les Français du marasme. Tenir une présidentielle anticipée, c’est prendre le risque que Marine Le Pen soit élue. Et même avec

Fantastically good concert Barbican Centre tonight with Khatia Buniatishvili and ASMF Orchestra ! Everyone put everything into it, wow! Amazing encores as well. Thank you!

This is a fascinating discussion, and I find myself wishing that Damian Thompson and A N Wilson would have a regular podcast

Zima uderzyła z całą siłą, a to, co widzicie na filmie, to brutalna rzeczywistość. Gdzieś obok nas psy na łańcuchach w mrozie walczą o każdy oddech i przetrwanie. To nie jest tylko film – to dramat. Internet ma moc. Jeśli to zobaczysz i zareagujesz, możesz ocalić życie. Nie

The Enlightenment in history and polemics: John Robertson, Caroline Warman and Jacob Chatterjee discuss J.C.D. Clark‘s new book, with the author, at our Enlightenment Workshop on Wed. 12 February, 5pm Magdalen College. All welcome! voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/research-…