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It is safe to say that, given the risk factor involved, the pandemic has exacerbated online activities, and even if, as the severity of its effect decreases (when a vaccine has been developed, for instance), people return physically to their places of work, the current expansion of online work practices means it is likely to remain so to a significant degree.
AEROPLANES

The coronavirus and the rise of the network society

Two kinds of virus, one biological and the other digital, have spread around the world, changing society and creating social elites

  • Bert Olivier
7 min read
BOOK

The possibility of a flop

Michel Houellebecq may have just suffered the most hurtful jibe of all: he has been called boring. His cinematic debut has been given a thumbs-down.

  • Lizzy Davies
3 min read
FILMMAKERS

A curious film about the end of the world

Michel Houellebecq’s debut film was panned after its first screening this week. The French enfant terrible talks to Geoffrey Macnab.

  • Geoffrey MacNab
7 min read
LUCIE CECCALDI

Revenge of hippy mum on enfant terrible

He is French literature’s ageing enfant terrible, a nihilistic provocateur who has never been afraid of a blazing row — whether it is appearing in court for inciting racial…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read