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The French Catholic Church has said it will open its files on Abbé Pierre, the priest regarded as something like a modern saint until allegations of sexual harrassment and assault were made against him. The Abbé, who died in 2007, was revered for his pioneering work in setting up Emmaus International which cared for homeless and poor people. Edward speaks to the Paris-based writer Andrew Hussey about reaction to the story in France, and Pat Jones, author of a recent report on the Catholic Church culture and clerical abuse.The Jewish campaign group Nahamu has produced a damning paper on the quality of education in some schools run by the ultra-orthodox Charedi community. Edward talks to its founder Yehudis Fletcher.The Quakers are celebrating 400 years since the birth of their co-founder George Fox. Edward visits his modest memorial in Bunhill Fields in East London and finds out about the other famous non-conformists buried in this part of the city.PRESENTER : Edward Stourton PRODUCERS: Dan Tierney and Catherine Murray STUDIO MANAGERS: Jack Morris and Kelly Young EDITOR: Chloe Walker
It's been just over a week since riots erupted in Paris after a 17-year-old of north African descent was shot and killed by police. What impact have the latest riots had and why is this form of protest so ingrained in the French. Cultural historian and writer, Professor Andrew Hussey.
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Finland and Sweden are poised to make a historic decision as the countries consider joining Nato. Polls have shown a surge in support for the move following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC and Megan Gibson in London discuss this extraordinary move and its possible consequences as Sweden's elections approach, as well as the Ukrainian response. Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen will go head to head with President Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election run-off in a fortnight. Emily and Megan discuss what a potential win for Le Pen would mean for France's support of Nato and the European Union.Then, in You Ask Us, a listener asks: Finland has quite an open road-border linking it to St Petersburg; what would be the impact if that border became a Nato defence against invasion by Russia?If you have a You Ask Us question for the international team, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk.Podcast listeners can subscribe to the New Statesman for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer.Further reading:Alix Kroeger on why ‘Finlandisation' is not an option for Ukraine.Andrew Hussey on the evolution of Marine Le Pen.Jeremy Cliffe on the new Iron Curtain.Jeremy Cliffe on why the possibility of a Marine Le Pen victory in France is a boost for Vladimir Putin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Irish cultural industries have in recent decades managed to turn James Joyce into a valuable tourist commodity - 'a cash machine', 'the nearest thing we've got to a literary leprechaun.' Joyce would surely have disapproved. "When the soul of man is born in this country," he wrote, "there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets." That is precisely what he did, leaving Ireland behind and living more than half his life across Continental Europe. As Anthony Burgess put it, "Out there in Europe the modernistic movement was stirring," and by placing himself in the cultural cross-currents of cities like Trieste, Rome, Zurich, Paris & Pola, where he experienced the early rumblings of Dada, Psychoanalysis, Futurism et al, Joyce became a part of an endlessly plural social and linguistic explosion, far removed from the monolithic oppressiveness of Ireland. Backed up by interviewees including Colm Tóibín, John McCourt and Liv Monaghan and illustrated by rich archive recordings, Andrew Hussey argues it was the deliberate rupture of leaving home - taking up "the only arms I know - silence, exile and cunning" - that allowed Joyce to develop the necessary breadth of vision and literary skill to write his greatest works. The Dublin of Ulysses itself becomes, according to Tóibín, 'a Cosmopolis... another great port city like Trieste." For Hussey, who has himself lived and worked as a writer in Paris for many years, Joyce was not only a great pathfinder, he also offers an inspiring trans-national vision of Europe and the world just at a time when borders are tightening and the darker shades of nationalism are once again looming large. Produced by Geoff Bird
This week Patrick explores the best in Irish and International history publications for November 2021. Books covered on the show include: 'France: A Short History' with Jeremy Black, 'Medieval Dublin XV111' with Sean Duffy, 'Irish American Diaspora Nationalism. The Friends of Irish Freedom, 1916-1935' with Michael Doorley, 'The War Lords and The Gallipoli Disaster' with Nicholas Lambert and 'Speaking East: The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou' with Andrew Hussey.
This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of historians, biographers and cultural experts explore the history of Paris. Joining Patrick on the panel include: Professor Joan Elizabeth DeJean, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania and author of 'How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City', Professor Colin Jones, School of History, Queen Mary University of London and the author of 'Paris: A Biography of a City', Professor Christopher Prendergast, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Cambridge and the author of 'Paris and the Nineteenth Century', Dr David Garrioch, Monash University, Australia and the author of 'The Formation of the Parisian Bourgeoisie, 1690-1830' and Dr Andrew Hussey, author of 'Paris: The Secret History.
Host: Larry Bernstein. Guests include Andrew Hussey, Jonah Berger, and James Meigs
As the 850th anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket approaches Andrew Marr explores the dynamic between church and state and what happens when the most powerful political friendships turn sour. The academic Laura Ashe explains the background to the murder in the cathedral on 29th December 1170. King Henry II had promoted the lowly born Thomas Becket to the highest positions in the land – first Lord Chancellor, then Archbishop of Canterbury. But their growing animosity and conflict over the rights and privileges of the church led to his infamous assassination by four of the King’s knights. In recent years the former librarian Christopher de Hamel has succeeded in identifying the Anglo-Saxon Psalter which Becket cherished in his lifetime and may even have been holding when he died. In The Book in the Cathedral: The Last Relic of Thomas Becket, de Hamel looks at what this book reveals about the life of Becket. He also compares the veneration for relics of the saints in the Middle Ages, with our relationship today with historical artefacts. In Britain the Anglican Church still has an establishment role within the state, with Bishops in the House of Lords and the monarch regarded as ‘defender of the faith’. But across the Channel in France a formal separation of church and state, laïcité, was enshrined in French law in 1905. The cultural historian Andrew Hussey, who is based in Paris, looks at the devastating fault lines that have emerged in 2020 in the country’s secularist ideals. Producer: Katy Hickman
Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain
After winning seven consecutive games following a blowout loss at Duke University, the IU men's basketball team was dealt its third road loss of the season Sunday night. The Hoosiers fell by 11 points against the then-No. 2 ranked Michigan Wolverines, a game in which IU never led. Injuries, foul trouble and a slow start to the game doomed IU from the opening tipoff, but a resurgent second-half performance gave the Hoosiers some momentum despite the loss. With 16 more conference games left to close out the season, Indiana Daily Student basketball writers Cameron Drummond and Ben Portnoy, along with special guest and former IDS staffer Andrew Hussey from Michigan's Rivals' website, The Wolverine, dissect what happened during Sunday's game and what it means for both IU and Michigan going forward. PODCAST SEGMENTS: 2:25 - What went wrong for IU and what went right for Michigan during Sunday's game? 6:35 - Going inside the box score for IU and Michigan 9:45 - Will IU ever find a consistent third scoring option on offense behind Romeo Langford and Juwan Morgan? 12:00 - Do IU's bench players need to do more once substituted into the game? 16:45 - How would this game have played out with both teams having a fully healthy roster? 24:20 - The experience factor of Michigan versus the youth of IU 25:40 - What to expect from IU's upcoming stretch of games 28:00 - Is it too late for IU to find a third scorer? 30:30 - How do IU's fringe players fit into IU's offensive system? 33:50 - Who is the best option to be the Hoosiers' main leader? 36:12 - Where does Michigan go for the rest of the season? 38:00 - Where does IU go for the rest of the season? Read more here: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/01/slow-start-contributes-to-iu-mens-basketballs-loss-at-michigan https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/01/juwan-morgans-huge-second-half-not-enough-for-hoosiers-at-michigan https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/01/column-iu-basketball-showed-growth-in-loss-at-michigan
Better than Proust -- the man who made literature out of colloquial French -- the arch chronicler of human depravity --- some of the things that are said about Louis Ferdinand Céline, author of Journey to the End of the Night - one of the masterpieces of 20th century literature. His semi- autobiographical novel, first published in 1932, is a ferocious assault on the hypocrisy and idiocy of his time. It follows its anti hero Ferdinand Bardamu from the battlefields of the First World War to Africa and America before returning to Paris and a chilling confrontation with his demons. The book established Céline as a an original and dangerous voice amongst the generation of writers who emerged from the carnage of the Great War. The fluency of his prose, its tone and bristling attitude has won him many admirers among them Philip Roth and Joseph Heller. He's entered popular culture too -- being quoted by Jim Morrison in the Doors' song End of the Night. But as well as the praise there's been criticism - not least for the vicious anti-Semitism that surfaces in some of his later work. To explore the novel and the man Rana Mitter is joined by the writers, Marie Darrieussecq and Tibor Fischer, the literary historian, Andrew Hussey, and Céline's latest biographer, Damian Catani. Marie Darrieussecq is the author of novels including Pig Tales, Tom is Dead and her latest Our Life in the Forest Andrew Hussey is the author of The French Intifada : The Long War Between France and its Arabs Tibor Fischer is the author of the novels, How to Rule the World, Under the Frog and The Thought Gang. Damian Catani teaches at Birkbeck College in London and is writing a biography of Céline that will be published in 2020 by Reaktion Books. Producer: Zahid Warley
IU easily defeated Ball State to close nonconference play last weekend. Now, the Hoosiers will begin their Big Ten schedule against No. 24 Michigan State. Indiana Daily Student football reporters Cameron Drummond, Sean Mintert and Murphy Wheeler talk about what IU can take from its nonconference victories heading into the battle for the Old Brass Spittoon, as well as the state of the Big Ten Conference following the first three weeks of the season. Former IDS IU football columnist Andrew Hussey makes a guest appearance on this episode.
Before IU Basketball begins its last four games of the season, Taylor Lehman sat down with Indiana Daily Student IUBB beat reporter Andrew Hussey to discuss IU's roster performance in detail and how IU might finish out its season. Also, Hussey discusses how he reported on his recent profile of Pacers All-Star Victor Oladipo.
Vanessa Redgrave has just been awarded the Richard Harris Award which is given to an actor for their outstanding contribution to British film. She talks to Stig about her long career in cinema and theatre. Imperium is the Royal Shakespeare Company's new six-hour production which looks at power politics in ancient Rome, which is based on Robert Harris's bestselling Cicero trilogy. The writer and classical historian Natalie Haynes has seen the production and gives her verdict. French president Emmanuel Macron has called for African artefacts currently held in French museums to be returned to their countries of origin. Cultural historian Andrew Hussey discusses the reaction in France, the practicalities of such a pledge, and what pressure it might put on museums in Britain. The Irish writer Sally Rooney has just been awarded The 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award for Conversations With Friends. The 26-year-old's debut novel has become a critical and word-of-mouth hit this year, acclaimed as fresh and clever. She talks to Stig about the book and what the win means to her. Presenter Stig Abell Producer Jerome Weatherald.
Mervyn Morris is Jamaica's first Poet Laureate since the country gained independence in 1962. As his tenure draws to a close, the poet reflects on his time in the role, and discusses his new collection, Peelin Orange, which is drawn from his writing over 50 years. With the deciding round of the French presidential election this Sunday, cultural commentators Agnès Poirier and Andrew Hussey discuss the likely impact of a Macron or Le Pen win on the arts in France and whether culture is a political card to be played.With the release of a 'Black and Chrome' edition of the 2015 Oscar-winning movie Mad Max: Fury Road, BFI's Gaylene Gould considers film-makers' love affair with black & white.The Ferryman by William Stott of Oldham is on display for the first time today at Tate Britain having been acquired for the public. John Wilson looks at the painting with the curator Alison Smith who explains that it marks a pivotal moment in this country's art, the embrace of naturalism and progress towards impressionism - British impressionism. Presenter John Wilson Producer Jerome Weatherald.
On the occasion of its return to print with Notting Hill Editions, we revisited a classic work about our city, Nairn’s Paris, in the company of author and academic Andrew Hussey, who penned a new introduction to the work.
IDS reporter Andrew Hussey is the guest for the second episode of Ball Isn't Life, the podcast where Josh Margolis and another member of the IU media discuss everything but the IU basketball team. Hussey discusses his childhood, Notre Dame connections, what brought him to IU, Hussey Seats, the time Jerry Ferrara retweeted him, and [...]
Andrew Hussey travels across Paris to understand how the Eiffel Tower, and the huge World's Fair that gave birth to it, shaped French culture.
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Andrew Hussey about the often fraught relationship between France and its Arab ex-colonies, and how that plays out in the banlieues of Paris. The psychotherapist Gabrielle Rifkind recounts her experience of conflict resolution in the Middle East. While Rifkind emphases the need to understand what's happened in the past, the writer Ziauddin Sardar tries to imagine what the world would be like if we explored the future in a more systematic and scientific way. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Anne McElvoy looks at the relationship between France and its former colonies, talking to David Bellos about his translation of a classic novel depicting the Algerian War, and to Andrew Hussey, whose new book is about "the Long War Between France and Its Arabs" and to Dr Karima Laachir from SOAS at the University of London. Professor Tim Birkhead talks to Anne about his new book and research into bird mating systems. And Charlotte Higgins discusses her new book and the lessons we can learn from the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus, who died in AD 14.
One of France's most celebrated writers was killed in a car crash on 4 January 1960. Author of The Outsider and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Albert Camus was famous for his exploration of the alienation and absurdity of human existence. Lucy Burns presents archive memories of Albert Camus - with thanks to Karen Holden and Andrew Hussey.
Anne McElvoy talks to William Dalrymple about his new book Return of A King - an account of Britain's first Afghan War in the 19th century. A major retrospective of Man Ray, at the National Portrait Gallery, is discussed by writer Kevin Jackson, film critic and Parisienne Ginette Vincendeau, and cultural historian Andrew Hussey. All three discuss the artistic melting pot of Paris in the 1910s and 20s - the subject of a major event at The Rest is Noise Festival at the South Bank centre in London. Psychologist Oliver James discusses office politics with leadership expert and author Dr Liz Mellon.