Paralympics: China: Lots of medals, little social participation
Chinese athletes won almost twice as many medals in Paris as Great Britain, in second place in this ranking. Photo: imago/Zhang Haofu Medals are always a measure of success at…
Dr. Schmidt explains the world: Did Iceland’s volcanoes trigger the French Revolution?
Lava and smoke are currently emerging from a two-kilometer-long fissure in the Svartsengi volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Photo: dpa/Almannav A volcano recently erupted again in…
Athletics: Warholm vs. Duplantis – New formats for athletics fans
Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis gave hurdler Karsten Warholm no chance over 100 meters. Photo: dpa/KEYSTONE/Michael Buholzer This is how modernizers of athletics imagine it: a perfectly staged duel between two…
Football: Nagelsmann and the DFB team are starting anew in the Nations League
Joshua Kimmich has always been an important contact for Julian Nagelsmann (r.), and now he is the “logical” choice as captain for the national coach. Photo: imago/Jan Huebner The opponents…
World Literacy Day: “Social class is a reason for low literacy”
More than 20 percent of the German population has problems reading and writing. Photo: dpa/Bernd Wüstneck September 8th is World Literacy Day. This reminds us that more than six million…
250 years of Caspar David Friedrich: Desire for adventure
Clear the fog Caspar David Friedrich: The Monk by the Sea, 1808–1810 (state before restoration), oil on canvas, 110 × 171.5 cm Foto: imago images/Gemini Collection Dresden has the “Sistine…
World Literacy Day: Illiteracy: shame and many hurdles
A shelf full of books: a rather threatening scenario for quite a few people in Germany Photo: imago/Pond5 Images From a purely statistical perspective, every person in Germany should know…
Back to school: Hurrah – or oh dear? –, I am a school child!
Foto: IMAGO/United Archives When they started school in 1930, coats and gloves were popular; today, kids wear airy summer dresses and Bermuda shorts. Not just thanks to climate change. In…
Alfred Kubin: On the misfortune of being born
Alfred Kubin: The Egg, approx. 1901/02, 15.8 × 23.8 cm, ink on paper Photo: ALBERTINA, Vienna © Eberhard Spangenberg, Munich/Bildrecht, Vienna 2024 It is undeniable that everything Austrian triggers a…
Militarization: “Art in War”: The Spirit Marches
Hands up! Beginning of the new military policy: Chancellor Schröder visits Kosovo in 1999 after Germany took part in a war of aggression for the first time since 1945. Photo:…