Garlic & Pearls

Garlic & Pearls

Por: Muriel Zagha and Suzanne Raine
Suzanne and Muriel examine a series of very different things – from a film to a kitchen utensil, a model train to a bar of soap – that define British or French attitudes, each explaining her cultural background to the other and trying to get to the essence of what makes the British British and the French French. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Latest episodes of the podcast Garlic & Pearls

A Study in Silver: The cryptic British world of precious metals, their hallmarks, assays, and guilds 09/01/2026
La dictée: How did a school spelling test become a French obsession and symbol of Frenchness? 02/01/2026
The Christmas Tale Face-Off: A Christmas Carol or Les Misérables? 25/12/2025
The Christmas Drink Face-Off: Indulgent Irish Cream or astringent coupe de champagne? 24/12/2025
The Christmas Telly Face-Off: Reithian British Monument or Gallic social satire? 23/12/2025
The Christmas Carol Face-Off: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry or Socialist Manifesto? 19/12/2025
The Christmas Treat Face-Off: Quality Street or marrons glacés? 17/12/2025
The Christmas Chart-Topper Face-Off: Beguiling Pop or Kitsch Cosiness? 12/12/2025
Metal Detectors: What goes 'beep beep' all over the land and is typically British? The gentle army of treasure seekers hoping to find an Anglo-Saxon hoard! 05/12/2025
French Politicians and Clairvoyants: The French worship Reason and critical thinking, don't they? So why do Presidents (and mayors), who serve the French Republic, love the occult so much?  28/11/2025
The British Tax Year: The French tax year is aligned on the calendar year, but not the British. Why not? Popes, Catholicism, the Reformation! 21/11/2025
Greatest Play Ever! Britain vs France, part 2. The Bald Prima Donna - Zany Avant-Garde on the Paris Left Bank 14/11/2025
Greatest Play Ever! Britain vs France, part 1. The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie's Not So Cosy West End Whodunnit 07/11/2025
The Paris Catacombs: palace of death, gigantic memento mori and a way of solving the problem of excess bones  31/10/2025
The Real Making of Britain and France: A myth-busting, panoramic trip through time and space with our guest, the historian Graham Robb! 24/10/2025
Rhyming Slang: A distinctly British and creative code that's definitely not 'brown bread' 17/10/2025
Brigitte Bardot: Top French Icon and The Face of France 10/10/2025
Giant Redwoods in the UK: A story of intrepid botanists and explorers, and a Victorian British craze 03/10/2025
How to Eat Everything in Paris: Our guest, food writer Chris Newens, shares revelatory findings! 26/09/2025
Conkers: from Victorian pastime to urban Battle Royale 19/09/2025
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