France Sizzles – in more ways than one
Wildfires are blazing across Europe and the temperature in France goes up and up — on the thermometer and in French politics.
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07, 2022
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05, 2022
Two cheers for President Macron
Touch & Go? There’s still the “Third Round” legislative elections to renew the Assemblée Nationale, scheduled for 12 & 19 June.
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02, 2022
Macron, and Putin, and Ukraine: can ‘jaw jaw’ ever stop ‘war war’?
no one wanted to call it what it is... a 'flashpoint' an 'impasse' a 'crisis.' And finally a war it is.
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06, 2019
D-Day: Tiger to Trump
The 75th anniversary of D-Day: The beautiful coastline of Devon is packed with tourists every summer holiday season. In the spring of 1944 it was invaded by 30,000 American soldiers.
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05, 2019
Holy Smoke: Notre Dame in flames
The Notre Dame fire: disaster, miracle, social injustice?
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08, 2018
Playing cat & mouse with feminism in France
Join us as we discuss French feminism over the years, from first-wave suffrage to the gender pay gap.
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06, 2018
Emmanuel Macron: bad language in the Élysée? – Quelle horreur !
Is the French language at risk? Join us as we investigate reports of so-called bad language in the Élysée.
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10, 2017
English language proficiency: why is France lagging behind?
Why does France rank so poorly for English language proficiency? Is linguistic inadequacy merely a cultural excuse?
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05, 2017
La French Tech: a paradox – why startups in France are booming
How did this happen in such a traditional country? Why French tech & startups in France are booming.
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05, 2017
The Macron promise: a new day in French politics?
Will Emmanuel Macron be able to live up to his promises? Change how France is governed: cross political divides, equality for women & beyond the elites?
