Letterhole Diary – November 2018
Another month passes, and another Letterhole Diary follows. In November we look at the death of Bernardo Bertolucci, the centenary of armistice, and this month’s must-reads.
Tag: france
World Cup 2018: A tournament of makeweights
Will it be Argentina, France, Germany, or someone wholly unexpected? There are no favourites for this World Cup, but I wouldn’t bank on an upset.
Paris Saint-Germain’s date with destiny
Tomorrow, the UEFA Champions League begins in earnest. Europe’s biggest names will compete for the football’s most lucrative prize. This season’s champions might just be the upstarts from Paris.
Election 2017: Does Britain need a Macron to stop the Tories?
With Macron beginning his tenure as president of France, talk has turned to whether Britain needs its own radical centrist movement to stop the Tories. One man has decided he is the one to lead it.
France’s revolution from the middle
France is being swept by a new populist movement promising radical change and a solution to the country’s divisions and inequalities. No, not Marine Le Pen – Emmanuel Macron!
The lie that killed old England
950 years ago, the Battle of Hastings changed England forever, ending a system of government, a language, and a literary canon. All this was based on the lies of the ambitious William the Conqueror.
Pepe enters politics
Donald Trump has been using internet memes. It speaks to the increasingly infantile discourse he is promoting. Meanwhile, Europe’s own right-wing forces are growing, but there’s no room for memes.
