Garlic & Pearls
By Muriel Zagha and Suzanne Raine
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Suzanne and Muriel examine a series of very different things – from a film to a kitchen utensil, a model train to a bar of soap – that define British or French attitudes, each explaining her cultural background to the other and trying to get to the essence of what makes the British British and the French French.
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Bad Eggs and Dark Horses: French Baddies in Film!
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Urchin Rebel Bonds With Wild Kestrel: Ken Loach's Kes – Quintessential British Film
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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A Very French Scandal: Naked Woman at Picnic! Manet’s revolutionary Déjeuner sur l'herbe
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The Guinness Book of Records: Superlative feats! Nature's wonders! Fun for dictators!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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The French Wild West: Brittany! Celtic identity, pancakes, memories of Dukes and power!
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Back of the Net! It's leather, it's round, it's Britain's gift to the world!
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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French Brothels of the Golden Age: Sex, theatricality, escapism!
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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A Study in Silver: The cryptic British world of precious metals, their hallmarks, assays, and guilds
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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La dictée: How did a school spelling test become a French obsession and symbol of Frenchness?
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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The Christmas Tale Face-Off: A Christmas Carol or Les Misérables?
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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The Christmas Drink Face-Off: Indulgent Irish Cream or astringent coupe de champagne?
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Christmas Telly Face-Off: Reithian British Monument or Gallic social satire?
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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The Christmas Carol Face-Off: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry or Socialist Manifesto?
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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The Christmas Treat Face-Off: Quality Street or marrons glacés?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Christmas Chart-Topper Face-Off: Beguiling Pop or Kitsch Cosiness?
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Metal Detectors: What goes 'beep beep' all over the land and is typically British? The gentle army of treasure seekers hoping to find an Anglo-Saxon hoard!
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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French Politicians and Clairvoyants: The French worship Reason and critical thinking, don't they? So why do Presidents (and mayors), who serve the French Republic, love the occult so much?
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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The British Tax Year: The French tax year is aligned on the calendar year, but not the British. Why not? Popes, Catholicism, the Reformation!
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Greatest Play Ever! Britain vs France, part 2. The Bald Prima Donna - Zany Avant-Garde on the Paris Left Bank
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Greatest Play Ever! Britain vs France, part 1. The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie's Not So Cosy West End Whodunnit
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The Paris Catacombs: palace of death, gigantic memento mori and a way of solving the problem of excess bones
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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The Real Making of Britain and France: A myth-busting, panoramic trip through time and space with our guest, the historian Graham Robb!
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Rhyming Slang: A distinctly British and creative code that's definitely not 'brown bread'
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Brigitte Bardot: Top French Icon and The Face of France
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Giant Redwoods in the UK: A story of intrepid botanists and explorers, and a Victorian British craze
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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How to Eat Everything in Paris: Our guest, food writer Chris Newens, shares revelatory findings!
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Conkers: from Victorian pastime to urban Battle Royale
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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An Evening with Garlic & Pearls: where Muriel and Suzanne make their first live appearance!
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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French Roundabouts: are they about safety, strategy or symbolism?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Shinty: 'Quite a violent version of hockey'
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Summer Shorts: The 'Sorry' and 'Pardon' face off
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Summer Shorts: The béret and bobble hat face off
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Summer Shorts: The high vis jacket and gilet jaune face off
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Club Med: From campsites in Spanish pine groves to Tahitian 'villages' in Morocco, how the French brought their edenic dream holiday to life
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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British Camping: How Britain devised a distinctively gruelling kind of holiday which is part dream and part nightmare.
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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The Revolutionary Calendar: How French utopians tried to recalibrate time and reshape Republican humanity
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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1217: The French Invasion You Never Knew About (Part 2)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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1217: The French Invasion You Never Knew About (Part 1)
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Orangina: How a home-grown Algerian drink became a French icon
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Pirates: Why the British treasure the Robin Hoods of the seas
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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French Theme Parks: Running the Gamut From Fun to Propaganda
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Pimms: The journey, joys and jeopardy of the quintessential British summer drink
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Identity Cards: A French story of the struggle between liberté and securité
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May 30, 2025 |
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Bungalows: The perfect British design for living?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Surrealism: How and why Paris became a vortex for artists unleashing the subconscious
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May 16, 2025 |
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Toast: An ode to distinctly British crisp buttered deliciousness – with some true crime thrown in
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May 09, 2025 |
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Into the Deep: What draws the French so powerfully to the briny depths?
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May 02, 2025 |
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Jigsaw Puzzles: The amazing British invention that went from geographical 'dissection' to universally popular form of meditation
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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The Metric System: Born of a perfect storm of Enlightenment and Revolution
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Bluebells: Why does this enchanting native blue flower make the British giddy?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Glamour: What – and who – do the French find so bewitching about Britain?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Panache: How a French king's white feather came to define a Gallic core value
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Eccentrics: Why do they grow in Britain and not in France?
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Insouciance: What is it and can the British ever achieve it?
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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The Theatre of Horrors: How the visceral Grand-Guignol thrilled Paris to the core
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Trailer: Garlic & Pearls Cordiale Corkers
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Rescue Puppies: The whys and wherefores of Britain’s unparalleled devotion to animals
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The Map of Love: How a modern Frenchwoman from the 17th-century imagined courtship as a hike through an imaginary landscape
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Harris Tweed: How sturdy wool woven in the outer Hebrides became the very fabric of Britishness
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Misfortunes of Sophie: A darkly vivid 1850s classic that still shapes and fascinates French children today
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Ski Sunday: How the British fell in love with skiing and made it fun
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Absinthe: Was the iconic drink of the Belle Epoque enchanting or poisonous?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Valentine’s Day: How French amour courtois turned into Victorian enterprise
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Johnny Hallyday: The French Elvis?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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The Orsini Bomb: Made in Britain and designed to kill the French Emperor!
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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The Black Polo Neck: French national dress, political uniform, or philosophical flag?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Wheelie Bins: Blessing or curse?
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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The Concierge: The pantomime villain that the French love to hate?
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Marmalade: Who invented it and how did it become a shortcut for Britishness?
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Galette Des Rois: Let them eat cake - for the Epiphany!
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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The Christmas Pudding Sandwich: Perfect for Boxing Day!
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Flaming Boar’s Head Feast: All hail ‘the rarest dish in all the land’!
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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The Discreet Charm of Presents on Christmas Eve: Scrap the suspense! Presents now!
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Crackers: Bang bang! It’s Christmas!
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Oysters: It’s Christmas –: bring on the piles of ice-cold raw shellfish!
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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France’s Ultimate Christmas Film: Father Christmas is a Git!
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Panto!: Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is!
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Trailer - Garlic & Pearls Christmas Corkers
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Cockerel’s Cologne: Did the French invent perfume or did perfume invent the French?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Bleakness: A dark poetic paradise in the heartland of the Industrial Revolution
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Le Comic Strip: Girl fights pterodactyl in Belle Epoque Paris!
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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My Favourite A Road: Driving by numbers
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Marseille Soap: France’s cleanest national treasure
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Hassocks: English folk art and cultural identity in stitches
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Donkey Skin: Catherine Deneuve in the weirdest fairy tale you’ve never heard of
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Halloween: Turnips and chisels at the ready – we’re carving a path to the celebration's spooky roots!
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Playing Cards: The French never miss a trick!
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Hedgerows: A tale of British countryside, folklore and riots!
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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La Cantine: How does the French Republic create petits gastronomes?
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Sir Nigel Gresley: All aboard! Full steam ahead with a very British passion!
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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The Four-Colour Bic Pen: What goes “click” and is mightier than the sword?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Pickled Onions: Crossing a culinary chasm
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Garlic & Pearls: What makes the British so British and the French so French?
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Sep 06, 2024 |