Columnist on 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 for The Guardian @theguardian.com / GENERATION DESPERATION (Jan 2026) from Hodder & Stoughton / Hachette (🇬🇧), Goldmann / PRH (🇩🇪) Rep by @agentbal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3mk5qtsf4ns2oI wrote about spiritual death in the age of AI and how this cultish desire to insert it everywhere is the end stage of capitalism: a world of all capital, and no labor. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/humanity-friction-artificial-intelligence-capitalism-black-mirror23 Apr 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5qtsf4ns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3mceqbpsco22hWill Europe finally choose between Europe and the US? The only thing that can protect us is federalism and a rupture — a real one — with Trump. With the side bonus that just maybe, it will rally Europeans against the far right and shock Americans into action https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/europe-trump-democracy-violent-conquest-federalism14 Jan 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mceqbpsco22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3m7s2dc5y7c2fHey @longreads.com, can I flag you on this narrative longform I did about French Guiana at the intersection of ecological collapse, climate change, European space autonomy, and the French Foreign Legion? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7s2dc5y7c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3m75kqilt2c23I love the chance to write long things about places that we should be talking more about. A lot of work went into to this — 7 weeks in Guyane, 2 dozen interviews (many thanks to everyone who gave me their time!), and a month and a half spent drafting and editing https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/dec/04/europe-amazon-rockets-gold-foreign-legion-french-guiana04 Dec 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75kqilt2c23https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3m75kqilt2c23I love the chance to write long things about places that we should be talking more about. A lot of work went into to this — 7 weeks in Guyane, 2 dozen interviews (many thanks to everyone who gave me their time!), and a month and a half spent drafting and editing https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/dec/04/europe-amazon-rockets-gold-foreign-legion-french-guiana04 Dec 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75kqilt2c23https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lvqafxyqas2mGenuinely confused at how so many people (not Margaret!) read this as an EU bashing column, or ‘hard Brexit’ equivalent, when it’s the opposite Brexit was delusional bc it involved a small power attempting to act like a big one; the EU is actually. Large power but acts like a small one. 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqafxyqas2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lptoerfd2s2rPerfect time to repost me from last month on why the EU should learn the right lesson (enfin, putain 🙄) and stand up for itself for once https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/11/the-big-lesson-for-europe-trump-backed-down-under-pressure23 May 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptoerfd2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lpqrn6rmcs22Let’s demand more courage and leadership from those who… lead https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/volodymyr-zelenskyy-pope-francis-public-life-powerful-people22 May 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqrn6rmcs22https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3loge66z56k2xCan’t wait to see how Netflix, Max, Peacock, Apple TV, Disney, Prime react to being hit with a response tariff on their streaming subscriptions (the revenues from which should be earmarked for European public broadcasters) and same for Fox, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Universal (to fund local film) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3loge66z56k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lo27yoycvk25I love stumbling onto the original influence for an artists sound Like - with alll due respect to LP - I thought their voice was quite unique, and then I listened to Pavlov’s Dog from the 70s…30 Apr 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo27yoycvk25https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lnsdtnk74s2jI’ve made several actual, real friends by talking to strangers [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnsdtnk74s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lnnn4i2vcc2eThis is a Rubicon moment [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnn4i2vcc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lnffcul7s227Ce qui le fait vraiment inexcusable, c'est que cette série est une coprod européenne, notamment française... Et vous l'avez rendu tellement ennuyeux à vissionner en faisant ça 👇 que franchement, j'ai pas envie de continuer @cineteve.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnffcul7s227https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lnff5nmsr227There's something that really annoys me, which is when shows/movies are filmed in English for scenes where the characters obviously wouldn't be speaking English to each other I.e., "Kaboul" -- 0% chance the French ambassador would be speaking English to his French head of security.22 Apr 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnff5nmsr227https://bsky.app/profile/iamhurst.bsky.social/post/3lncqwi2d3c2ySad to see Pope Francis pass -- may the next one also be committed to social justice, compassion, the environment, and the poor21 Apr 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:hit3mdxdby7on2m4pzfog2sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncqwi2d3c2y