Schaubühne Berlin: FIND: Really now?
Is the old poet’s room still needed when the ones and zeros rule? Foto: © Carla Chable de la Héronnière Years before the company Open AI caused a sensation with…
Schaubühne Berlin: FIND: A bullet for the Nazi
Family is never just easy – not even among anti-fascists. Photo: © Joseph Banderet The family comes together, three generations. Somewhere in the countryside, in the south of Portugal. Cork…
Amazon Prime: Series “Fallout”: End of the world again
Unfortunately, “Fallout” relies too much on the riot-disgust-scary effect and less on content. Foto: imago/Landmark Media And the world is ending again. The cultural sector is playing out the end…
Museum: Charles Dickens: Powerful and sensitive
As if the writer had just left the house for a moment. Foto: picture alliance /dpa/ John Stillwell/PA He was actually supposed to become a lawyer. He became a novelist:…
Viennese pop: The musician Falco was so brilliant and misunderstood
Falco was also visually imbued with his admiration for David Bowie. Photo: imago/Sven Simon The zeitgeist magazine “Wiener” found Falco’s album “Junge Roemer” to be “simply sensational” when it was…
Literature: German Unification: “Not like that – and not with you!”
Matthias Gehler (l.) with his then boss Lothar de Maizière Photo: private The book title “Do you want unity – or not?” requires an explanation. Hermann Tiedje, editor-in-chief of “Bild,”…
GDR: Deutsche Reichsbahn: Silent and almost forgotten
Wolfgang Scherz (l.) with the head of Deutsche Bahn, Heinz Dürr (center), visiting properties belonging to the GDR Reichsbahn Photo: private Who was Elcano? Hardly anyone knows this sailor, who…
Reading sample: Everyday police life: Lively and very authentic
A remote-controlled model Wartburg of the People’s Police in a GDR children’s room in the museum in Auerbach. Foto: dpa/picture alliance It is hardly visible in the cityscape that Berlin…
Book: Everyday police life: Lively and of great authenticity
A remote-controlled model Wartburg of the People’s Police in a GDR children’s room in the museum in Auerbach. Foto: dpa/picture alliance It is hardly visible in the cityscape that Berlin…
Middle East: Oh no, Hallervorden and Dehm describe the Gaza war
He likes hand-made speeches: Dieter Hallervorden will receive a Munich Carnival Prize in 2023. Photo: dpa Before they slip away completely in the media, because the time for television sketches…