Except that being the most successful centrist candidate doesn't buy you anything if she still comes in 3rd behind Melenchon. Everyone from the Greens to the Gaullists needs to unite behind a single (good) candidate, otherwise France is toast.

Show Post

A huge honour to be invited to join my favourite Dutch podcast! Bijna twee uur lang in gesprek met @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social en @jaapjansen.bsky.social over de geschiedenis en (onzekere?) toekomst van de onderzee-kabel, en het groeiende geopolitieke belang van dit netwerk voor Nederland en Europa.

Show Post

The Telegraph obituary of Patrick Stewart is, as usual, extremely good, not least this detail about how his brief, pre-acting career as a journalist on the Dewsbury Reporter came to a sudden end.

Show Post

The one thing I've taken from the reaction of deaths of Dolly Parton and Patrick Stewart is how much love there is towards people who represent goodness, and how much meaning they bring to people's lives, shaping the idea of the world they want to live in, giving them ideals to strive for.

Show Post

Read this and thought of about half a dozen neighbourhoods in Brussels - house prices rocketing, fleets of cargo bikes moving in, but people smoking crack in every corner of the metro station.

Show Post