BBC - Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit - Episode 1

Ye Gods, how wonderful this is! Mrs. Beard is Clio, Muse of History, and she sings spellbindingly, with deep feeling and understanding, our favorite song: the Grandeur that was Rome. I just now realized that "grandeur" is the same in French and English, but pronounced differently--and when I see "grandeur" written without quote marks (even, any more, with quote marks), what I hear is French (and I get flashes on my inner mental screen of  the east façade of the Louvre).