January 13 – “Emile Zola’s infamous editorial ‘J’accuse’ is printed”, on this day in 1898.

Infamous and heroic and incredibly vital. Have you seen the multi-Oscar-winning film “The Life of Emile Zola”? No. Go watch it right now. Seriously, trust me on this. It is superb and it gives such a profound sense of the injustice against which Zola fought in the Dreyfus Affair.