Textile texts: The T-shirt is the message
Did the mother iron the shirt for the cheeky boy and have it ready for him to wear? Photo: Archive Noble fabrics, bright colors, bold patterns, flashy cuts. Okay, there…
European Football Championship: It could have been football
The European Championship presentation on television was mostly Ballaballa Photo: RTL / Anne Werner/screenshot nd In conclusion, Jürgen Kohler said last Sunday in the “EM one-two” on Sport1, “at the…
Left-wing rock music: Lanrue generated good feelings for the uprising
“We weren’t a normal band,” Lanrue said about Ton Steine Scherben. Photo: DPA/Britta Pedersen The German Glimmer Twins were both named Ralph, but they were called differently: Rio and Lanrue.…
Left-wing journalism: Daily newspaper “Junge Welt”: In great shape
Was Karl Marx an enemy of the constitution because he pointed out the contradiction between claims and reality? The “Junge Welt” doesn’t see it that way and sells carnations for…
ZDF-Neo: Series “Simple”: From the outskirts into the spotlight
Marga (Natalia de Molina, l.), Àngels (Coria Castillo, 2.vl), Nati (Anna Castillo, 2.vr) und Patri (Anna Marchessi, r.) Photo: ZDF/Daniel Escale It is well known that television likes fixed rules…
The good column: Lepers at the fax machine
Complexes because someone was better, faster, more beautiful than you? As you get older you can only laugh about it. Photo: Johann Walter Bantz/Unsplash At first you don’t think about…
European Football Championship: Spain starts a new era after winning against England
Deserved celebration after seven wins in seven games: European champions Spain Photo: imago/Kieran McManus “Viva España!” With these words, coach Luis de la Fuente said goodbye to the European Championships.…
Literature in the Weimar Republic: Novel “Men’s Fashion Department”: The girl from the department store
Under Hitler, the Jewish partners in the Tietz department store on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz were expropriated and the company was renamed “Hertie.” Photo: imago/Archives On May 16, 1933, a few days…
Jörg Fauser: But. Always. With words
A school of literature for outsiders: drinking halls should be named after Jörg Fauser. Photo: dpa The writer Jörg Fauser “wasn’t one of those people who wrote when something came…
Theater: The Art of Appropriation
Brecht greets you around the corner: the musical theater production »J. From the Block« by NeXt Generation Photo: Veronica Schiavo The theater as an institution has a class problem –…