DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Tonight, the footballers of England and France will walk out at Wembley for what seems certain to be one of the most emotional nights in the venue’s history. As a gesture of solidarity after the terrible atrocities in Paris, the crowd have been asked to sing the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, as well as our own. With the lyrics due to be displayed on stadium screens, the organisers are clearly hoping to capture the spirit of the famous scene in the film Casablanca, when drinkers at a nightclub stand and sing La Marseillaise to show their defiance of the Nazis. ...read
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: France's savage national anthem and why I'm full of foreboding about what comes next
17/11/15 00:46