Discover the fourth and final episode of our anniversary series: L’Express, what a story! Xavier Yvon and Anne Marion, librarian at L’Express, retrace several moments where the history of the magazine and that of the world collided, with Marc Epstein, former major reporter and editor-in-chief of the magazine, and Eric Chol, the current director of publication.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation and writing), Mathias Penguilly (writing and editing), Jules Krot (production) and Marion Galard (alternating student).
Credits: Europe 1, Antenne 2, TF1, CAPA Agency
Music and design: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Image credits: Jérémie Cambour/L’Express
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
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Xavier Yvon : I am walking in a very typical street in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Place de la Bastille is not far away. I pass alongside Haussmannian stone buildings with their wrought iron balconies. On the corner, on the sidewalk, we can see the round tables and chairs of a tobacco bar and there is quite a bit of traffic.
Now imagine this same street in May 1968. In the middle of a general strike, activity is reduced, some stores closed, and in the café, the radio is tuned to Europe number 1 to follow the clashes between the police and students in the neighborhood Latin. At the crossroads, a young woman stands in front of a pile of newspapers and waves a copy above her head.
Michele Cotta : “Sir, you don’t want the newspaper? You don’t want L’Express? Sir, Madam, you don’t want L’Express?”
Xavier Yvon : In May 1968, Michèle Cotta was a senior writer in the political department of L’Express. She was selling her own newspaper on the street! In this episode, I’m going to tell you how we got to this incredible scene. You will discover that this is one of the many examples where the history of L’Express and the great History collide in an astonishing way.
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