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French Revolution
Dominique Olivier
Gunpowder, guillotines and guest houses: how the French Revolution came to Franschhoek
Each July, a little valley on the southern tip of Africa dresses up in tricolour to commemorate a French prison riot that it has no direct connection to. Dominique Olivier explains how a day that started with gunpowder and ended with a beheading became an excuse to drink excellent wine in Franschhoek.
Dominique Olivier
Cancel culture: new methods, same principles
With the Donald Trump assassination all over the headlines, the iconic photo of the event reminded Dominique Olivier of a famous painting from the French Revolution. That got her thinking: is cancel culture really a new thing? Or just a social media equivalent of old habits?
