John Laurenson
The Matzneff affair
Literary Paris and the French Left have had a blind spot for paedophilia—for decades
Latin lovers
A new, distinctly conservative generation of French priests is reviving Catholic life in France
France’s Catholic Disneyland
Puy du Fou is popular, conservative, historically-themed — and successful
Charlie Chaplin à la Française
Louis de Funès may be France’s most beloved actor. The choice tells us a lot about those who love him
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics