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Jonathan Meades on France

Episode 1: Fragments of an Arbitrary Encyclopaedia

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Jonathan Meades travels through Lorraine and explains why, although close to its eastern border, it has become the symbolic, or even mystical, heart of France and a stronghold of a romantic nationalism that is also expressed by such diverse means as typography, music, engineering, exquisite urbanism and, above all, a sensitivity to Germany's proximity. Show less

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