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The Grand Tour of Europe - dispatches from the road and rail across Europe
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Episode 11 - World City - Paris, France
21 MAY 2024 · In which the city of light is explored and interpreted
Episode 10 - Student Life - Heidelberg, Germany
21 MAY 2024 · In which students are observed, history is strolled past, generations are reached across, learning survives and thrives, and some things do not change regardless of the era.
Episode 9 - Church & the State - Luxembourg
7 MAY 2024 · In which there is a solemn procession, octave ends, there is a castle, & we get very close to an Grand Duke
Episode 8 - The First & The Last - Mons, Belgium
5 MAY 2024 · In which the death of Private John Parr and millions more after him are commemorated.
Episode 7 - Identity - Brussels, Belgium
3 MAY 2024 · In which Rubens, Brueghel & Magritte are also the forshadawers of the European project in the centre of the European Union
Episode 6 - At The Going Down Of The Sun - Ieper, Belgium
1 MAY 2024 · In which the Menin Gate is closed and the missing are no longer missing.
Episode 5 - Me gun gets nicked & we’re still in fucking Bruges - Brugge, Belgium
28 APR 2024 · In the which is experienced a city which has come to terms with itself and learned to live with the consequences of its beauty (including having an eponymous movie made about it)
Episode 4 - Ja Sante Mijn Ratse - Ghent, Belgium
27 APR 2024 · A meditation on the extraordinary survival of the Ghent altarpiece and the allegory of the transformation of its host city, Ghent
Episode 3 - The Power Of Books - Antwerpen, Belgium
27 APR 2024 · In which the printing of books and the majesty of Rubens still underpin a city more than 400 years later
Episode 2 - Tulip Fever, Noordwijk
22 APR 2024 · In which there is much riding and walking amongst tulips and tulip fields and much thought is given about who is most obsessed with tulips and why
The Grand Tour of Europe - dispatches from the road and rail across Europe
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| Organization | Shaun Major |
| Categories | Places & Travel |
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