Why Holocaust lessons are still vital today, plus is ‘colourblind’ casting of new David Copperfield movie a good thing?
Why Holocaust lessons are still vital today, plus is ‘colourblind’ casting of new David Copperfield movie a good thing?

Why Holocaust lessons are still vital today, plus is ‘colourblind’ casting of new David Copperfield movie a good thing?

Salman R Munshi

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<p>The World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem is the largest diplomatic event in Israel’s history.&nbsp;Marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, leader from countries including Germany, France and Russia are attending. The UK is being represented by the<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/prince-charles-warns-against-hatred-and-intolerance-that-led-to-holocaust-a4342541.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Prince of Wales, who gave a powerful, and prescient, speech </a>reminding us of the lessons we must still learn from the Holocaust. Julian Glover joins The Leader podcast to discuss what parallels Prince Charles was drawing between the events of the 1940s and today.</p><br><p><strong>David Copperfield’s colourblind casting</strong></p><p>Armando Ianucci’s new movie, <em>The Personal History of David Copperfield,</em> does a lot of things differently – but the most noticeable one is the casting of Dev Patel in the title role. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/dev-patel-david-copperfield-colourblind-casting-a4341826.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Evening Standard’s Katie Rosseinsky’s spoken to Dev </a>about that, and joins The Leader podcast to discuss what it means for the future of ‘colourblind’ casting in major movies.</p><br><p><strong>TRANSCRIPT:</strong></p><p>David Marsland&nbsp;0:00&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Hello, it's David here before we start a quick reminder that you can subscribe to The Leader through your podcast provider. And we'd love it if you told your friends about us, also get in touch use the hashtag the leader podcast; now, from the Evening Standard in London. This is The Leader.</p><br><p>Hi, I'm David Marsland and Prince Charles has marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a speech in Jerusalem.</p><br><p>Prince Charles&nbsp;0:34&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Ladies and gentlemen, almost a lifetime has passed since the horror of the Holocaust unfolded on the European continent and those who bore witness

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