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Lord Byron
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« on: 09:36:16, 27-08-2008 »
what did you think of that program,on radio 3, lastnight, about geneva ?
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« Reply #1 on: 11:11:35, 27-08-2008 »
I heard it from beginning to end, and it seemed to be scraping the barrel - to "prove" that Geneva has played a major place in European culture?
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« Reply #2 on: 11:16:58, 27-08-2008 »
i agree but it was still interesting
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« Reply #3 on: 11:26:37, 27-08-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 11:11:35, 27-08-2008
I heard it from beginning to end, and it seemed to be scraping the barrel - to "prove" that Geneva has played a major place in European culture?

And I had you down as a staunch Calvinist.
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« Reply #4 on: 11:33:48, 27-08-2008 »
I won't change my forum avatar just yet Wink
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« Reply #5 on: 22:15:16, 27-08-2008 »
Although he has such a baleful (although now frequently unrecognised influence) on English speaking culture, it is usually ignore that Jean Calvin (pronounced a la francaise) was very, very French, particularly in that odd combination of logic and passion with no Anglo Saxon irony.  Except he appears to have had no interest in decent food.  Born at Noyon in Picardie.

Did the programme mention Karl Barth, Mozart lover extraordinaire?
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« Reply #6 on: 00:31:54, 28-08-2008 »
Quote from: Don Basilio on 22:15:16, 27-08-2008

Did the programme mention Karl Barth, Mozart lover extraordinaire?

No, although it did mention "that other guy" - Rousseau
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