Episode summary: Ne Me Quitte Pas is a song about begging someone not to go; of promising the world to them, if they’ll only stay. From Haiti to New York, Provence to Glasgow… in versions by Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield and Scott Walker… we hear stories of what Jacques Brel’s song has meant to people around the world. With contributions from France Brel, Johane Celestin, Alastair Campbell, Brendan McGeever, Peter Hawkins and Malaika Kegode. Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio
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Two ways to respond: webmentions and comments
Webmentions
Webmentions allow conversations across the web, based on a web standard. They are a powerful building block for the decentralized social web.
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