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Alexander Hurst

The Guardian

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Worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where we’re up to our eyes in print

Worried about the demise of reading? Come to France, where we’re up to our eyes in print

It took me nine months of 20-hours-a-week French language instruction, and the mycelial network of a year spent in Strasbourg, to feel courageous...

04.03.2026 10

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If France could lead the world with Minitel in the 1980s, surely Europe can free itself from Silicon Valley’s shackles now?

In the 1960s, France became the third country, after the US and Soviet Union, to independently place a satellite (Astérix) into orbit, and the only...

27.02.2026 10

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The far right in power always co-opts culture – in France, it has already begun

10.02.2026 20

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On a street in Minneapolis, two versions of masculinity clashed. One anchored in fear, the other in care

04.02.2026 80

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In the Trump era, we need satire more than ever. Just don’t expect it to save democracy

24.01.2026 30

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Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US

14.01.2026 100

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If the US forces me to choose between my two nationalities, I choose France – and Europe

12.12.2025 80

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Why is the Coalition rehashing old ideas?

02.10.2025 8

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American democracy might not survive another year – is Europe ready for that?

02.10.2025 10

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France has a massive debt crisis. So why is it spending billions a year subsidising business?

02.09.2025 10

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Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other

15.08.2025 20

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The EU is a colossus. So why is it cowering before Trump like a mouse?

06.08.2025 10

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What has it taken to unite France’s divided voters? A hated, toxic chemical

21.07.2025 10

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Turning 35, I don’t have answers but I have learned one thing: we’re all just winging it

18.07.2025 10

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Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt

09.07.2025 10

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Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age

02.07.2025 10

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I grew up on American food. Trust me, it’s the last thing Europe needs

20.06.2025 10

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I love the graffiti I see in Paris – but tagging is just visual manspreading

06.06.2025 20

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courage. Pope Francis had it too. Why are there so many cowards?

22.05.2025 10

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The EU fined Apple and Meta – but failed to really hold them to account. Was that to appease Trump?

24.04.2025 20

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The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure

11.04.2025 10

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The Guardian view on the Marine Le Pen verdict: no politician is above the law

31.03.2025 10

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With this damning of Le Pen, France can be the ‘anti-Trump’. It’s a bold path others should follow

31.03.2025 10

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A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started

24.03.2025 10

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What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America’s unbeautiful suburban sprawl

19.03.2025 10

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What are smartphones stealing from us? When mine was taken away, I found out

10.03.2025 10

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Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape

07.03.2025 10

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The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own

21.02.2025 10

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I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about

14.02.2025 20

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Open borders defy rising nationalism in Europe. We must protect them

09.01.2025 9

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The Great Resignation 2.0 is coming – and I salute the European millennials who plan to quit

Recently I was chatting to an acquaintance in Paris, a senior manager in his mid-50s, who works for a French company in the education sector in...

06.01.2025 10

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Notre Dame rose again from the ashes – so too can France’s battered democracy

When Notre Dame burned, something in the flames seemed to speak to the combustibility of our age. Nothing is for ever, the fire said, even those...

23.12.2024 8

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Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in

Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state. His intentions are self-serving and nefarious, and his nation-state level resources allow him to flout...

20.12.2024 20

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Alexander Hurst