Love this chart from @pierrebri.bsky.social www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons...

Times of London wins the day’s prize for automatic correction (I guess…)

Shameless stooges: www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...

EU could give Brexit reversal a helpful nudge - @pierrebri.bsky.social - www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons...

Sonny Rollins, the last Jazz giant, dies on the very day Miles Davis would have been 100… www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...

Always useful

Vincent Bolloré: Der alte Katholizismus will Frankreich zurückhaben www.zeit.de/feuilleton/l...

Mein Buch gehört mir www.zeit.de/feuilleton/l...

“If we had the same voting system as France, Margaret Thatcher might never have been PM...” But that’s the point, isn’t it? www.thetimes.com/article/76a4...

‘I would not advise my children to go’ to US - Friedrich Merz www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Grasset-Bolloré : au Théâtre de la Concorde, les autrices et auteurs en mode «Etats généraux» pour reprendre le pouvoir

Europe tries Trumpian tactic With Trump: No apologies www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/w...

Un mois après le licenciement d’Olivier Nora, les départs massifs d’auteurs chez Grasset font effet «boule de neige» www.liberation.fr/culture/livr...

La majorité des auteurs étrangers de Grasset refusent de continuer à publier chez l’éditeur www.lemonde.fr/livres/artic...

„Wir lassen uns für politische Zwecke nicht missbrauchen“. International writers join the Grasset exodus: www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Arms makers see German spending is for real - www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Running to Mom and Dad as last chance strategy. Not sure this will work. Any UK or non-UK historical precedent? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

French literature is in an uproar www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

Le séisme chez Grasset se répercute sur tout le secteur de l’édition www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Ukrainian drone strikes in heart of Moscow before Victory Day parade www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

Edited out - Laurent Binet in TLS, on the ouster of one of France’s greatest publishers by far-right billionaire Vincent Bolloré www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

AI screw-ups in journalism: The beginning. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Berlin’s fuel snafu may outlast Putin’s threats - www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Rightwing media mogul rattles France’s literary scene giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Even worse than that. It’s fully awake

Germany is sleepwalking into permanent stagnation - www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Wir brauchen einen Aufstand des Gewissens - Bernard-Henri Lévy: www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/berna...

Germany is sleepwalking into permanent stagnation www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

Canard Enchainé

Lire Serge July sur “la bollorisation des idées.” www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

With Orban out, the pianist András Schiff plans a return to Hungary www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/a...

Trump is too deranged to continue in office - Times columnist Matthew Parris: www.thetimes.com/article/a1eb...

Bolloré ousts France’s most respected book publisher, triggering exodus of more than 200 writers from Hachette imprint Grasset (probably a world first). Bernard Arnault further tightens his grip on his own media. France’s top CEOs dine with Le Pen. Does it all make sense ? It kinda does to me.

More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Should have realised this earlier, but I just noticed that for Russia, the war in Ukraine has already lasted longer than World War 2.

Trump’s erratic behavior and extreme comments revive mental health debate www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Hungarian voters strengthen Europe’s liberal case - @breakingviews.reuters.com here: www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...

Hungary's message to Putin: In Europe, even autocrats get off the stage when voters show them the exit sign. www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...

Can Sam Altman be trusted ? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Putin’s post-Iran paranoia - @juliaioffe.bsky.social here: puck.news/putins-post-...

Iran throws Ukraine a triple dose of trouble - www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Wanted: Crises-ready innovator for top ECB job - www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-... @pierrebri.bsky.social

Meanwhile at the corrupt court of the crooked king: www.ft.com/content/744e...

Let's not celebrate too soon, but take a step back and start hoping - Magyar up, Orban down www.politico.eu/europe-poll-...

How UBS helped Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell buy her hideout, 'Tucked Away' - a Reuters investigation: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Can this Russian bakery survive a 3,500% tax increase? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/w...

Hungary charges journalist who revealed minister was in touch with Moscow www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity halted, Reuters calculations show www.reuters.com/business/ene...