The Essay - Music on the Brink: London

David Owen Norris looks at why Bechstein Hall was forced to change it's name 

Maria Margaronis explores the legacy of Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb whose shots sparked the Great War. His deeds, memory and legacy remain contested in the Balkans and beyond. 

100 Years ago today Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian radical in Sarajevo. How did this event result in a war that would consume not just Europe but the World? In this episode we will talk about the situation in Europe in 1914 and the nations that would take ...  Show more

L’invité : Jean-Arnault Dérens, historien, rédacteur en chef du Courrier des Balkans Les livres : Les Balkans en 100 questions. Carrefour sous influences (avec Laurent Geslin, Tallandier, 2023) Balkans, collection Odyssées- Villes portraits (édité avec Benoît Goffin, dessins de J ...  Show more

2 million ethnic-Albanian Kosovars are ruled by 200000 Serbs. Serbian President, Slobodan Milosevic, built his political platform on repressing the Kosovars. And they're tired of it. 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, as heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the most important men in the world. But he was a lonely man, not helped by the fact that, in spite of custom and tradition, he had chosen for wife Sophie, an aristocrat who nonetheless was not noble eno ...  Show more