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Happy Publication Day @vjmalletft.bsky.social! Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe is out now 🎉
'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature.’ — @observeruk.bsky.social
25% off w/code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature.’ — @observeruk.bsky.social
25% off w/code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
January 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Happy Publication Day @vjmalletft.bsky.social! Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe is out now 🎉
'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature.’ — @observeruk.bsky.social
25% off w/code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature.’ — @observeruk.bsky.social
25% off w/code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
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✍️'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature: factual, analytical but easy to digest, and free of polemic.'
Read the @observeruk.bsky.social’s brilliant review of Far-Right France by @vjmalletft.bsky.social👇
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Read the @observeruk.bsky.social’s brilliant review of Far-Right France by @vjmalletft.bsky.social👇
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
France’s far-right earthquake | The Observer
Could the Rassemblement National win the presidential election in 2027? Victor Mallet’s new book on Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella argues their confidence is justified
observer.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 AM
✍️'A crisply written, meticulously researched narrative with the structure of a long-read news feature: factual, analytical but easy to digest, and free of polemic.'
Read the @observeruk.bsky.social’s brilliant review of Far-Right France by @vjmalletft.bsky.social👇
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Read the @observeruk.bsky.social’s brilliant review of Far-Right France by @vjmalletft.bsky.social👇
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
What are the chances of the far right winning control of France within 18 months? Read 'Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe', on sale today. (Clue: quite high, and probably much higher than you think.) See victormallet.org
Victor Mallet: author and journalist
Publishing in January 2026 - Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe (Hurst)
victormallet.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
What are the chances of the far right winning control of France within 18 months? Read 'Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe', on sale today. (Clue: quite high, and probably much higher than you think.) See victormallet.org
"Victor Mallet finds out who these ‘ordinary working people’ who support the RN are, and what they want" - Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe reviewed by Kim Willsher in The Observer. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
France’s far-right earthquake | The Observer
Could the Rassemblement National win the presidential election in 2027? Victor Mallet’s new book on Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella argues their confidence is justified
observer.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 AM
"Victor Mallet finds out who these ‘ordinary working people’ who support the RN are, and what they want" - Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe reviewed by Kim Willsher in The Observer. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Far-Right France, reviewed in The Arab Weekly by Francis Ghilès: 'The inexorable rise of the French hard-right since the turn of the century makes it very plausible that the Rassemblement National (RN) will win the presidency in 2027.'
thearabweekly.com/rassemblemen...
See victormallet.org for more
thearabweekly.com/rassemblemen...
See victormallet.org for more
thearabweekly.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Far-Right France, reviewed in The Arab Weekly by Francis Ghilès: 'The inexorable rise of the French hard-right since the turn of the century makes it very plausible that the Rassemblement National (RN) will win the presidency in 2027.'
thearabweekly.com/rassemblemen...
See victormallet.org for more
thearabweekly.com/rassemblemen...
See victormallet.org for more
'He asks the right questions but has the wrong answers' was said of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen by Socialist PM Laurent Fabius back in 1984, an idea reprised in this great column from Rana Foroohar: Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions - as.ft.com/r/7933bb9e-4...
Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions
[FREE TO READ] The US president has an uncanny ability to spot the faultlines in the old order and manipulate them to his advantage
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 AM
'He asks the right questions but has the wrong answers' was said of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen by Socialist PM Laurent Fabius back in 1984, an idea reprised in this great column from Rana Foroohar: Trump is the wrong answer to the right questions - as.ft.com/r/7933bb9e-4...
Review in the Irish Independent today - Far-Right France by Victor Mallet: The Le Pen dynasty, a family rift and the rise of the National Rally | Irish Independent m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
France’s future at stake: The Le Pen dynasty, a family rift and the rise of the far right
Last March, a Paris criminal court barred Marine Le Pen from running in France’s 2027 presidential election. The legal ruling came after Le Pen and several other members of the far-right National Rall...
m.independent.ie
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Review in the Irish Independent today - Far-Right France by Victor Mallet: The Le Pen dynasty, a family rift and the rise of the National Rally | Irish Independent m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
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I think this is the most important article I've written for a while: a trip to Sudan to report on the UN's refugee agency.
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
as.ft.com/r/f137508d-d...
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
as.ft.com/r/f137508d-d...
January 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think this is the most important article I've written for a while: a trip to Sudan to report on the UN's refugee agency.
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
as.ft.com/r/f137508d-d...
Battered by Trump's cuts and western retreat, can humanitarianism survive?
as.ft.com/r/f137508d-d...
Ed Luce, Thant Myint-U - my new book Far-Right France was on sale w/yr Zbig and Peacemaker masterpieces at Waterstones Piccadilly today. Believe it or not, I used to sell men's suits as a holiday job in this very place when it was the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store in the 1970s!-
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Ed Luce, Thant Myint-U - my new book Far-Right France was on sale w/yr Zbig and Peacemaker masterpieces at Waterstones Piccadilly today. Believe it or not, I used to sell men's suits as a holiday job in this very place when it was the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store in the 1970s!-
FEB 16 - France, UK, US; Le Pen, Bardella, Farage,Trump: The populist right is on the rise across the world, so what happens next? I'll be on a panel with Faisal Al Yafai, Anna Gross and Matthew Holehouse to discuss and take your questions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Panel Discussion: The Global Rise of the Far Right
From Paris to Washington and Westminster, the far right is no longer on the fringes of politics, it is shaping elections and policy.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM
FEB 16 - France, UK, US; Le Pen, Bardella, Farage,Trump: The populist right is on the rise across the world, so what happens next? I'll be on a panel with Faisal Al Yafai, Anna Gross and Matthew Holehouse to discuss and take your questions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
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A great launch last night for @vjmalletft.bsky.social’s latest book Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe at @dauntbooks.bsky.social! 🥂
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A great launch last night for @vjmalletft.bsky.social’s latest book Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe at @dauntbooks.bsky.social! 🥂
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
Thanks to @dauntbooks.bsky.social and @hurstpublishers.bsky.social and everyone who came for the launch. It was a blast!
A great launch last night for @vjmalletft.bsky.social’s latest book Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe at @dauntbooks.bsky.social! 🥂
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
Copies available now in all good bookstores and from the Hurst website at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Thanks to @dauntbooks.bsky.social and @hurstpublishers.bsky.social and everyone who came for the launch. It was a blast!
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Must read geopolitics story today on China's dominance in drone manufacturing, and how it sells to both sides in Europe's war
Russia, Ukraine and the race for Chinese drone components
As both sides scramble to source vital parts, some experts are convinced Russian buyers are being favoured by Beijing
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Must read geopolitics story today on China's dominance in drone manufacturing, and how it sells to both sides in Europe's war
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I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise
Is France going far-right? How worried (or triumphant) should you be? Find out in Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe victormallet.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Is France going far-right? How worried (or triumphant) should you be? Find out in Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe victormallet.org
The German far right, which toys with neo-Nazism, is courting Trump, as this FT article shows. The French far right does nothing of the sort: Le Pen and Bardella, pragmatists that they are, are very wary of being linked to the Trump brand - see victormallet.org - and as.ft.com/r/1319bd25-3...
Victor Mallet: author and journalist
Publishing in January 2026 - Far-right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe (Hurst)
victormallet.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The German far right, which toys with neo-Nazism, is courting Trump, as this FT article shows. The French far right does nothing of the sort: Le Pen and Bardella, pragmatists that they are, are very wary of being linked to the Trump brand - see victormallet.org - and as.ft.com/r/1319bd25-3...
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“What is about Marine Le Pen? What is it about Nigel Farage that actually makes people want to vote for them?” @vjmalletft.bsky.social joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede to discuss his new book “Far-Right France.” Full ep: newlinesmag.com/podcast/insi...
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
“What is about Marine Le Pen? What is it about Nigel Farage that actually makes people want to vote for them?” @vjmalletft.bsky.social joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede to discuss his new book “Far-Right France.” Full ep: newlinesmag.com/podcast/insi...
We use maps every day to understand the world around us, but it's worth remembering that each map is a simplication of a fluid and infinitely complex reality. All maps are political. 'Radical Cartography' reviewed: Do maps distort our view of the world? - as.ft.com/r/3a7a580a-e... via @FT
Do maps distort our view of the world?
[FREE TO READ] William Rankin’s ‘Radical Cartography’ makes a powerful case against mainstream mapmaking’s creation of an orderly, objective reality
as.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We use maps every day to understand the world around us, but it's worth remembering that each map is a simplication of a fluid and infinitely complex reality. All maps are political. 'Radical Cartography' reviewed: Do maps distort our view of the world? - as.ft.com/r/3a7a580a-e... via @FT
'Improper ideology'? Trump's America really is going full 1984... www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
'Improper ideology'? Trump's America really is going full 1984... www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
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Brilliant on-the-ground reporting, this:
Dispatch from Tehran: the week Iranians revolted against the regime
Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Brilliant on-the-ground reporting, this:
Guilty or not guilty? Either way the French far right is in pole position for future national elections... victormallet.org and see NYT story on the trial www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w.... victormallet.org
Marine Le Pen Is Appealing a Conviction That Bars Her From Office. Here’s What to Know.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Guilty or not guilty? Either way the French far right is in pole position for future national elections... victormallet.org and see NYT story on the trial www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w.... victormallet.org
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My VERY short chatty book coming in Feb. buijones.com/books/everyt... --delighted to have blurbs from Cindy Yu, Tania Branigan & Victor Mallet as well as @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social who calls it "readable, enjoyable, and quotable (with) much to offer China savvy folk as well as casual readers.”
Everything you wanted to know about China* - Bui Jones
In this accessible and politically astute primer, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom tackles the questions many are afraid to ask about China.
buijones.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My VERY short chatty book coming in Feb. buijones.com/books/everyt... --delighted to have blurbs from Cindy Yu, Tania Branigan & Victor Mallet as well as @davidmoserbeijing.bsky.social who calls it "readable, enjoyable, and quotable (with) much to offer China savvy folk as well as casual readers.”
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Will the far right gain power in France, and if so, how will it compare to other right-wing movements across the globe? Victor Mallet joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on The Lede to discuss his new book “Far-Right France.”
Inside the Rise of France’s Far Right
Journalist and writer Victor Mallet joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss his new book, “Far-Right France.”
newlinesmag.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Will the far right gain power in France, and if so, how will it compare to other right-wing movements across the globe? Victor Mallet joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on The Lede to discuss his new book “Far-Right France.”