Julian Jackson is professor of French at the University of Wales, Swansea. His latest book is France: The Dark Years 1940-44.
My eye falls on a blog headlined ‘Macron is restoring France’s dignity.’ What sort of polity is it that needs to have its dignity restored so frequently? Is not the quest for grandeur insisted on...
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