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Jonathan Meades on France: Episode 1: Fragments of an Arbitrary Encyclopaedia

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How Lorraine is the symbolic heart of France and a stronghold of a romantic nationalism.

Jonathan explains why Lorraine has become the symbolic heart of France and a stronghold of a romantic nationalism expressed by diverse means.

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.

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Jonathan Meades explores the many facets of France that Britons often seems to ignore

Jonathan Meades scrutinises the 95 per cent of France that Brits drive through and don't notice en route to the 5 per cent that conforms to their expectation

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