The Rue Boissonade
The Paris area of Montparnasse has been home to some of the most influential artists and writers of the last two centuries. Some of them lived on a street called Rue Boissonade.
The neighbourhood of Montparnasse in central Paris has been home to some of the most influential artists, writers and composers of the last two centuries, perhaps nowhere more so than the area around Joanna Robertson’s street, rue Boissonade.
In the first of her new series of The Essay, Three Hundred Metres in Montparnasse, she takes us there, and reveals some surprising sides to the street, above and below ground. She also introduces us to some former residents, including two intriguing painters.
Presenter: Joanna Robertson
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Editor: Sara Wadeson
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar
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- New Year's Day 202521:45BBC Radio 3
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