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Colin Randall

Colin Randall

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Colin Randall began his career on newspapers in northern England before joining the Press Association and then the Daily Telegraph, where he worked as reporter, chief reporter, executive news editor and Paris bureau chief. He was The National’s executive editor for its 2008 launch and has written regularly for this newspaper and others since returning to Europe in 2009. He has Anglo-French nationality and specialises in French politics.
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A Muslim prays just before the Maghrib during the holy month of Ramadan, on May 18, 2018 at the Mosquee Ennour, one of the most important mosques in the city of Le Havre, northwestern France. Charly Triballeau / AFP
France's divided response to Islam and extremism

In this third and final instalment on Islam in France, Colin Randall explains why harmonious inter-communal relations are so difficult

EuropeJune 03, 2018
Colin Randall
A picture taken on January 27, 2015 shows the centre of Lunel, southern France. Sylvain Thomas / AFP Photo
How did a sleepy French town produce radicalised youths?

Dozens of radicalised young men from Lunel ended up on battlefields in Syria and Iraq

May 31, 2018
Colin Randall
Muslims leave the Grande Mosque of Paris on May 18, 2018 after the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan. Philippe Lopez / AFP Photo
Can France's new plan counter radicalisation?

Experts say the state's proposals could add to, rather than reduce, fear of terrorism

WorldMay 31, 2018
Colin Randall
French President Emmanuel Macron on a visit to Zitouna mosque in Tunis earlier this year. AFP
Macron to tackle France's troubles with organised Islam

The president's reforms will soon include religion, starting with the country's Muslim population

May 31, 2018
Colin Randall
French President Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace in Paris after returning from a feted trip to the US. Christian Hartmann / AFP
French president returns from Washington to challenges at home

Emmanuel Macron may be the greatest French statesman in a generation

EuropeApril 28, 2018
Colin Randall
Sunderland's Paddy McNair sums up the club's emotions after they suffer their second successive relegation. Nigel Roddis / Getty Images
From facing Arsenal to Accrington Stanley: Sunderland's decline

Second successive relegation for the club confirmed on Saturday Having played in the Premier League in 2016-17, will start next season in League One First time in England's third tier since 1987-88 season when Marco Gabbiadini fired them to promotion

FootballApril 22, 2018
Colin Randall
Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of Senegalese President Macky Sall at the Elysee Palace on April 20, 2018. France's youngest president visits Washington on April 23 with high international standing despite poor ratings at home. Benoit Tessier / Reuters
Macron meets Trump with 'Jupiter' in the ascendant

French president has emerged as the most authoritative voice in Europe after less than a year in office

EuropeApril 21, 2018
Colin Randall
Railway workers vote during a union meeting at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on the second day of a nationwide strike. Philippe Wojazer / REUTERS
The French cling fiercely to their strike culture

Voters in France elect politicians who promise change but want reforms that affect only others, writes Colin Randall

CommentApril 07, 2018
Colin Randall
French President Emmanuel Macron stands in front of the flag-draped coffin of the Gendarme Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame during a funeral ceremony, in the courtyard of Les Invalides in Paris, France. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA
Islamic terrorist threat clouds French call for unity

The killings of a policeman and a Holocaust survivor have exposed country's divisions

EuropeApril 01, 2018
Colin Randall
The Hope Show at Good Chance Paris. Raphaël Hilarion
Drama project about life in the ‘Jungle’ comes to Paris

A drama project in London about Calais’ refugee camp has crossed the Channel and is now in Paris

March 29, 2018
Colin Randall
Franch-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine arrives at the anti-corruption police office in Nanterre, France, on November 17, 2016 for his hearing after he admitted delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president. Philippe Lopez / AFP
Ziad Takieddine, the shadowy figure behind Sarkozy's troubles

French-Lebanese businessman 'did not want to be alone in taking responsibility for the past'

EuropeMarch 22, 2018
Colin Randall
Two veiled women walk down a street in Marseille, France. AFP
France’s reputation as a land of freedom is being slowly unpicked

The country's self-proclaimed reputation as a land of freedom, equality and fraternity is beginning to unravel, writes Colin Randall

CommentMarch 20, 2018
Colin Randall
Demonstrators march through the streets of Mamoudzou, capital of the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, during a protest on March 7, 2018. Ornella Lamberti / AFP
Immigration an issue on France's Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

Benefits of French support leave residents better off than on other Comoros islands

EuropeMarch 19, 2018
Colin Randall
Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) party leader, at congress in Lille, France, March 11, 2018. Pascal Rossignol /Reuters
Marine Le Pen's future dims as France turns away from the right

Italy's elections boosted the far-right, but the French are not following suit

WorldMarch 13, 2018
Colin Randall
The Ritz Paris on the Place Vendome in Paris will be selling 10,000 items from the hotel next month after undergoing a four-year renovation. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP
Paris Ritz auction offers bits of history, luxury and glamour

About 10,000 objects left over from renovation of famous hotel will be put on sale in April

EuropeMarch 01, 2018
Colin Randall
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