Catriona Seth

29/05/2022 29 min
Catriona Seth

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Catriona Seth discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Catriona Seth FBA is the Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She was brought up in the UK, in Switzerland, in Venezuela and in Belgium. Before becoming a university academic, she worked as a translator and interpreter, as a management consultant and as a schoolteacher. She has published widely, mainly in French, on 18th-century literature and culture. Her objects of research have included Marie-Antoinette, smallpox inoculation, women's life-writing, Germaine de Staël and André Chénier.

Bilingualism https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160811-the-amazing-benefits-of-being-bilingual
Loose-leaf Assam tea https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/what-is-assam-tea-and-what-are-its-benefits/photostory/69684080.cms
Auctions https://www.esprit-de-france.com/en/news/visit-auction-house-paris
Sleeper trains https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/06/10-best-sleeper-trains-in-europe-night-trains
Concert halls for chamber music https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music/cmc-socials/metropoles-finest-chamber-music-venues
The life and works of Katherine Read https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/2642310/katherine-read/


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