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The battle of the populists
08/02/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

The battle of the populists

It's the row in Parliament that's on all France's front pages - yesterday the whole government walked out for the first time in a century, after a Socialist MP effectively accused the interior minister of Nazism.
Spanish judge defends probe into civil war atrocities
31/01/2012 - SPAIN

Spanish judge defends probe into civil war atrocities

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon (pictured), known for investigating crimes against humanity, testified at his own trial on Tuesday in defense of his attempt to probe right-wing atrocities committed under former dictator General Francisco Franco.
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France and Turkey Feud (part 2)
24/01/2012 - THE DEBATE

France and Turkey Feud (part 2)

"A lose-lose situation" is how France’s former ambassador to Turkey sees the effect on Franco-Turkish relations of a bill to penalise genocide denial. François Picard’s panel looks at the timing and the trouble with politicians making laws about history.
France and Turkey Feud
24/01/2012 - THE DEBATE

France and Turkey Feud

"A lose-lose situation", is how France’s former ambassador to Turkey sees the effect on Franco-Turkish relations of a bill to penalise genocide denial. François Picard’s panel looks at the timing and the trouble with politicians making laws about history.
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Spain's judge Garzon in the dock
24/01/2012 - SPAIN

Spain's judge Garzon in the dock

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon faces a courtroom once again - but this time, he's the defendant. Garzon faces charges of breaking Spain's amnesty law, which prevents the prosecution of anyone accused of political crimes during the Franco years. The judge was investigating the disappearance of 114,000 people between 1936 and 1975, which he says were crimes against humanity, and therefore not subject to the amnesty law.
Katia Guerreiro: fated for fado
20/01/2012 - CULTURE

Katia Guerreiro: fated for fado

In today’s programme, Eve Jackson meets the doctor with the epic voice, Portuguese fado singer Katia Guerreiro. Also on the show: Britten's Shakespearean comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" gets an African style revamp and Louis XIV's accurate, detailed and historic jewels go on display in Paris.
French far right rallies around Joan of Arc
07/01/2012 - FRANCE

French far right rallies around Joan of Arc

Some 200 members of France’s main far-right party rallied around a statue of Joan of Arc to celebrate the medieval martyr's 600th birthday on Saturday, with National Front leaders hinting that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s tribute had been insincere.
Jane Burbank, Professor of history and specialist in Russian studies, New York University
04/01/2012 - THE INTERVIEW

Jane Burbank, Professor of history and specialist in Russian studies, New York University

Douglas Herbert meets Jane Burbank, Professor of history and specialist in Russian studies at New York University. She has co-written a book entitled "Empires in World history". Be it the Mongols, Napoleon, Charlemagne, Imperial Russia, Jules Cesar or China, all of these states dreamed of being or have been empires. She tells us more.
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Saving Carthage's ruins
07/12/2011 - TUNISIA

Saving Carthage's ruins

"Carthage must be destroyed!" These famous words from the Roman statesman Cato the Elder ring with irony in modern day Tunisia. Former President Ben Ali delisted the UNESCO heritage site so that his relatives could build plush properties on the site of the Roman ruins. Tunisia's new government has promised action to preserve them, but reconciling developers and archeologists is proving difficult.
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Freakshows and human zoos
05/12/2011 - CULTURE

Freakshows and human zoos

People have always been fascinated by the strange and abnormal. Paris's Quai Branly Museum presents a disturbing new exhibition, "The Invention of the Savage." Discover the racist, immoral and shocking 19th century tradition of human zoos through a series of paintings, videos and artifacts.
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