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  • The Revolutionary Calendar: How French utopians tried to recalibrate time and reshape Republican humanity

    The Revolutionary Calendar: How French utopians tried to recalibrate time and reshape Republican humanity
    2025/07/18
    Muriel takes Suzanne back to a time when a coalition of Enlightenment poets and scientists and radical political reformers drew a line under the Ancien Régime and Christianity and imagined a brand new way of thinking about time and the calendar.

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    1 時間 4 分
  • The Battle of Lincoln, part 2: Did it forever close the door on the French invader?

    The Battle of Lincoln, part 2: Did it forever close the door on the French invader?
    2025/07/11
    It's D-Day, helmets are glinting and everything hinges on William Marshall – and on formidable Lincolnshire sheriff Nicola de la Haie – as the troops gather on both sides outside Lincoln Castle. Will you, like Suzanne, be heaving a sigh of relief as the covetous French are finally defeated, or bemoan, like Muriel, a tragic missed opportunity?

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    1 時間 8 分
  • The Battle of Lincoln, part 1: Will Prince Louis of France secure the crown of England?

    The Battle of Lincoln, part 1: Will Prince Louis of France secure the crown of England?
    2025/07/04
    On the occasion of President Macron's state visit to Britain, Suzanne retraces the background to a momentous clash between France and England – the definitive repelling of the French on 20th May 1217 at the Battle of Lincoln – throwing light on fierce rivalries for succession to the throne of England and for ownership of territories on the Norman side of the Channel, with much switching of allegiance, and on such formidable figures as Philip-Augustus, first to call himself King of France, and William Marshall, former child hostage and greatest English knight.

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  • Orangina: How a home-grown Algerian drink became a French icon

    Orangina: How a home-grown Algerian drink became a French icon
    2025/06/27
    Muriel takes Suzanne – shaken, not stirred – back to the origins of the odd little yellow bottle, from sun-drenched Algerian orange groves to the smartest Parisian cafés, and into the heart of French escapism

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    1 時間 2 分
  • Pirates: Why the British treasure the Robin Hoods of the seas

    Pirates: Why the British treasure the Robin Hoods of the seas
    2025/06/20
    Ahoy! Suzanne sails off to the Spanish Main and the Barbary Coast, introducing Muriel to a cast of buccaneers, corsairs and privateers against a shifting background of enterprise, geopolitics - and marine insurance!

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    1 時間 9 分
  • French Theme Parks: Running the Gamut From Fun to Propaganda

    French Theme Parks: Running the Gamut From Fun to Propaganda
    2025/06/13

    What do France's homegrown theme parks tell us about Frenchness? asks Muriel. From the 'ethnographic exhibitions' at the Jardin d'Acclimatation to visionary vulcanologists in the Auvergne and spectacular historical romancing at Le Puy du Fou, controversy looms large!


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    1 時間 1 分
  • Pimms: The journey, joys and jeopardy of the quintessential British summer drink

    Pimms: The journey, joys and jeopardy of the quintessential British summer drink
    2025/06/06
    In time for Wimbledon, Suzanne encourages Muriel to celebrate the British season with a glass of Pimms, and the history, associations and meaning behind it. A tale of gin addiction, oyster houses, fashionable crazes and absurd traditions.

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    1 時間 1 分
  • Identity Cards: A French story of the struggle between liberté and securité

    Identity Cards: A French story of the struggle between liberté and securité
    2025/05/30
    Why does France have ID cards while Britain does not? Muriel unpacks a national narrative of medieval identity theft, Revolutionary ideals of collective nationhood, policing under the German Occupation and contentious 21st-century bilingualism.

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    56 分