LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Anglo-French summit

Genre

News report

TX Date

27 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:02

Description

Tim Marshall reports from Paris on an Anglo-French summit which was wide-ranging but went into little detail. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flew in early to view an exhibition of paintings by Paul Gauguin and also thanked President Francois Mitterrand for his support over the death threat (fatwa) issued to author Salman Rushdie by the Iranian authorities. For Update programme.

Contributors

Tim Marshall

Keywords

Books; Authors; Margaret Thatcher; UK; France; Francois Mitterrand; Novels; Islam; Summits (meetings); Paris; Freedom of speech; Cultural exhibitions; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; Update (radio programme); The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa

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