Julia McFarlane
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503 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 16 Jan
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Can you just give me a sense for you, and you're somebody who knows the city intimately, what the cemeteries sort of mean for you with the place that they have in your image of the city?
I mean, they're a place for reflective walks.
And I think they also mean to me as an immigrant to Paris, you know, I expect now that one day I will die in Paris, I hope not soon.
And 80% of people who die in the Paris region were not born in the Paris region.
And so, you know, we think of Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison as it being odd that they're buried here in a foreign land.
But in fact, Parisian cemeteries are full of people like that from all over the world and from all over France.
And so it's a city of immigrants and migrants.
And there's something very poignant about lying forever in a place where you never quite belong.
And I think that's what I reflect when I look at those graves.
Simon Cooper speaking to Tim Franks.
And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later.
If you want to comment on this podcast or any of the topics covered in it, you can send us an email.
The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
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This edition was mixed by Graham White and the producers were Alison Davies and Arian Kochie.
The editor is Karen Martin.
I'm Julia McFarlane.
Until next time, goodbye.
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