Julian Jackson is professor of modern history at Queen Mary, University of London. His books include ‘The Fall of France’ and, most recently, ‘A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle’.

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Aux armes, citoyens! The new Musée de la Libération in Paris

A museum charting the dramatic history of the French Resistance and the Liberation of Paris has an elegant and historic new home in Montparnasse

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The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

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