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This is probably one of the most baffling paradoxes of ADHD in adults: being able to understand a problem perfectly, analyse every last detail of it, come up with several (…)

During a visit to Lourdes on Sunday 27 September, Pope Leo XIV left no room for doubt regarding his position on end-of-life issues. Speaking to patients and carers, he (…)

Never before has a generation spent so much time in front of screens. Smartphones as soon as they wake up, videos on public transport, computers at school, social media in the (…)

For generations in France, having one’s child baptised was almost taken for granted. One might never set foot in church, consider oneself a vague believer, or even frankly not (…)

So, writers are using artificial intelligence to write their novels, are they? And now the little literary world is in an uproar. Betrayal! Fraud! The end of literature! Except (…)

In 2026, there are still places in the world where simply being born a girl is enough to drastically limit one’s prospects. Even before they have chosen a school, a career, a (…)

Twenty-seven million euros. That is the figure that keeps cropping up when people talk about Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France from 25 to 28 September. But whilst we’re so focused (…)

Just a few years ago, we used to get bored. In a waiting room, we’d just wait. On the Underground, we’d watch people. At a bus stop, we’d read the timetables for the fourth (…)

In the past, there were kept women, courtesans, demi-mondaines and the mistresses of prominent figures. Today, there is the ‘michtonneuse’. The word is crude, vulgar, even (…)

Until just a few years ago, the 8 o’clock news set the tone. A major radio station summarised the morning’s key stories. A handful of daily newspapers determined the topics (…)

‘I’ve finally realised why people are so happy to meet the Pope: meeting God, generally speaking, is a far less promising prospect.’* It’s easy to make a joke. What’s much (…)

Coercive control does not refer to an argument, a fit of jealousy or a partner who is simply possessive. It describes a repeated strategy whereby one person seeks to gradually (…)

‘What a time!’ isn’t on the verge of collapsing. But after four series, Léa Salamé’s talk show is showing some signs of wear and tear. Fewer viewers, a format that’s now (…)

Every crisis needs its scapegoats. The unemployed person who is said to be claiming too much benefit, the employee demanding a pay rise, the farmer who has received a subsidy, (…)

In a primary school classroom, there are exercise books, worksheets, tables, lessons… and then there’s everything that isn’t necessarily written on the blackboard: learning to (…)

“I can work for 15 hours straight. Or do absolutely nothing all day. I’ll reply in two seconds. Or I’ll ghost you for two days. I love being on my own. But I hate feeling (…)

Following a summer of 2026 marked by repeated heatwaves, the French mussel farming industry has been left severely weakened. In some production areas, mortality rates have been (…)

We have set a poverty line. Why shouldn’t there also be a wealth line? The question seems almost obscene in a society that regards the accumulation of wealth as a boundless (…)