Talking Voltaire: Nicholas Cronk in radio discussion

Hall Fellow Nicholas Cronk was one of the guests discussing Voltaire's literary classic Candide on BBC Radio 4 this week.

Nicholas, who is Professor of French Literature and Director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford, joined David Wootton and Caroline Warman on Melvyn Bragg's popular In Our Time programme to discuss Voltaire's biting satire whose targets include bad literature, extremist religion and the vanity of kings and politicians.

The programme was broadcast on Thusday 3 May You can listen to the discussion online on the BBC website. For more details visit the In Our Time webpage at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gvthf