Last night saw the College Historical Society (the Hist) and TCD French Society come together to present a debate with an interesting twist on the usual discourse that we have become so accustomed to in Trinity – this particular debate was conducted entirely through French. Held in the Hist’s Conversation Room in the GMB, the many portraits of past members that line the walls were joined by a print of Renoir’s Dance at Bougival, an apt reference to the evening’s collaboration. With bunting shrouding the windows, the first night of Fourth Week seemed appropriately festive. The motion for the debate stood as “Is France a … Continue reading Challenging the Notion of France as a Tolerable Country