“Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not die and cannot die.” So said Charles de Gaulle in a famous appeal to his countrymen broadcast by the BBC on 18 June 1940, after Paris had fallen to Nazi Germany. But the flame turned out to be a flickering one, and since the war France has endured decades of soul-searching and debate over what actually happened and whether the country’s wartime history should be a source of pride or shame.
"What to do about Iran?", featuring Daniel Levy, Fawaz Gerges, and Roxane Farmanfarmaian, RGS, 7th June
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One of America's most influential columnists on the decline of America, at the Royal Institution, 13th June 2012
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American neuroscientist David Eagleman on the science of hatred and dehumanisation, RIBA, 24th May 2012
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