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Patrick Boucheron: 'We envisioned this Olympic opening ceremony as a manifesto against fear'
Historian Patrick Boucheron, in Paris, on July 15, 2024. TERENCE BIKOUMOU FOR « LE MONDE » "I'm a historian of images. I know they must be left to their own devices, unencumbered by words commenting on them. Those we have produced must be allowed …