James Marriott The French equivalent of the Millennium Dome, with equal load of delusional, hollow hubris, has to be Opéra Bastille.

Catherine Taylor There is a precedent for displaying absolutely massive flags in Whitehall

Ahoy there and shiver our timbers. Tomorrow we take to the high seas with a bottle of rum.

It’s Garlic and Pearls and… Pirates! Hold on tight as Suzanne Raine leads MURIEL ZAGHA the G&P galley at a fair clip across the seas with a crew of colourful rogues and rebels - while giving prudent thought to marine insurance… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pir…

The perfect companion for the heatwave is our illuminating podcast Garlic & Pearls where I tell Suzanne Raine the pulpy story of ORANGINA: ‘Secouez-moi, secouez-moi!’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ora…

Alors là, François, tout à fait! Suzanne Raine explains Pimm’s beautifully here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pim…

A very nice thing. We are honoured and delighted! Suzanne Raine

Many thanks to the great Camilla Elworthy!

The rights and wrongs of self-defence | Suzanne Raine engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-r…

Acting lawfully in anticipatory self-defence requires proof of something that hasn’t yet happened. It is difficult to make such laws work when nations are in a state of permanent mutual hostility.

I wrote about the film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life in this week's The TLS

We are delighted to report that ORANGINA is still big in Algeria! MURIEL ZAGHA Suzanne Raine podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ora…

All The Right Movies The final scene from The Sacrifice by Andrey Tarkovsky (1986)

Brace yourselves for tomorrow’s episode of the podcast - who will win the crown? Suzanne Raine is sharpening her sword. MURIEL ZAGHA is readying her fleet…

'What interests Piani isn’t so much Austen’s books as the English-language romantic comedies that have taken inspiration from them.' Muriel Zagha (MURIEL ZAGHA) on British romantic comedy seen from a French perspective the-tls.com/arts/film/jane…

Next week President Macron will make a state visit to the U.K. In honour of the occasion, Garlic & Pearls offer a two parter on the real turning point in the relationship between these islands and France: Apple: bit.ly/45UHP7x Spotify: bit.ly/44hfpmY

✨🇫🇷 WINNER OF THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD, Moveable Feasts by Chris Newens is out now! 🇫🇷 ✨ Order your copy of #MoveableFeasts here: tinyurl.com/MoveableFeasts

This week on Garlic & Pearls the ✨ Suzanne Raine concludes her breathtaking narrative of the 1217 Battle of Lincoln. William Marshall and the redoubtable Nicola de la Haie hold the fort. I’m rooting for Prince Louis de France - l’homme providentiel? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…