France

The French resistance and its consequences for the wider world. A few months ago, I published an article that the French public had given the Brits a masterclass on how to bring a nation to its knees. Back when I wrote it, I was half facetious and half serious. But…

HOLISTIC is a new weekly reading exploring how seemingly irrelevant events are connected through history, philosophy, and culture. This is no conspiracy theory but an exploration of how everything in the human world is intertwined. The news, we all know what they are, but trying to unveil at least some of the hundreds of connections that unite today’s events is a passionate hobby, which I am happy to share with those interested. HOLISTIC is about perspective and curiosity rather than serious geopolitical or economic analysis. It is an attempt to provide deeper insight from an original angle, and I am happy to engage with all of you and discuss what you think.

In 18th-century France, a real-life monster roamed the countryside — In the late spring of 1764, a young woman in the Gévaudan region in south-central France was tending her cattle when she was attacked by something “like a wolf, yet not a wolf”. She survived when her herd gathered around to defend her. A couple of months later, on the…

How to find an apartment’s worth of stuff in France kinda quickly. This might seem like a departure from my other stuff, but I think about it a lot. We left America with bascially just a bunch of suitcases and decided to rebuild our lives in Europe. Eighteen months later, we’re starting to settle in a bit. My wife and I like…