Patrick Marnham

The man from nowhere

4 February 2017 9:00 am

Before the horrified gaze of its militants, the French Socialist party — which has been a major force in French…

The man from nowhere

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Before the horrified gaze of its militants, the French Socialist party — which has been a major force in French…

The man from nowhere

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Before the horrified gaze of its militants, the French Socialist party — which has been a major force in French…

France’s new right

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

The result in France in the first round of the Les Républicains party’s primary elections marks the political death of…

Japan Notebook

22 October 2016 9:00 am

Tokyo is visual chaos everywhere, the antithesis of the Japanese interior. It is a multilevel jumble of overpasses, neon signs,…

Frexit – oui ou non?

9 July 2016 9:00 am

In France, Brexit has provoked resentment and shock. For many years-Britain has been seen in both Paris and-Brussels as the…

Homage to Simenon

18 September 2014 1:00 pm

One hundred years ago an 11-year-old boy called Georges Simenon was getting accustomed to the presence of the German army…

Georges Simenon aged 30 (left) and Jean Gabin (right) in the 1958 film Maigret Tend un Piège — to be shown as part of a season of Maigret films at the Barbican, London (4–26 October). For details visit www.barbican.org.uk.

Homage to Simenon

18 September 2014 1:00 pm

One hundred years ago an 11-year-old boy called Georges Simenon was getting accustomed to the presence of the German army…