Freedom of expression: “‘Live!’ it whispered inside me. >Live!
“No, I don’t believe in miracles, but yes, my books do,” writes Rushdie. Photo: AFP/KAI PFAFFENBACH After the knife attack, Salman Rushdie’s life hung by a thread. The doctors who…
Literature: Read – been there
Gerhard Henschel to collect Reinterpreting the genres: Gerhard Henschel Photo: dpa An issue of “Text + Criticism” was dedicated to Gerhard Henschel. Born in Hanover in 1962, he is one…
Literature: Being a doll and a punching ball
What came first: the lemon or the bad mood? Photo: iamago/Yay Before lemons appear in “Lemons” by Valerie Fritsch, the reader is made a witness to a horror story in…
Documentary: No Requiem for the Sorbs
For the protagonists in Grit Lemke’s film, Sorbian identity is much more than a holiday tradition. Photo: neuevisionen.de Grit Lemke, you made a documentary about Sorbian identity, “Here’s called Hanka.”…
Middle East: Kitsch poem: Oh no, Dr. Diether Dehm intervenes
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…
Literature: “I am me and Salazar can be me”
Portugal, completely modern and normal: view over the “Vasco de Gama” bridge in Lisbon Photo: dpa How do you talk about “normal” life? How do you ensure that the reader…
Cinema: Film “Civil War”: The war is breathing down our necks
Kirsten Dunst as war reporter Lee Smith. Violent tourism as a thrill, that’s all their job is. Foto: © A24 / DCM Texas and California joined forces to overthrow the…
Football Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen still wants the treble after the championship title
Fathers of success: Coach Xabi Alonso (m.) and managing director Simon Rolfes (l.) Photo: imago/Sven Simon Xabi Alonso is a man with extremely good manners – and he was excellently…
Volleyball: Bundesliga: Friedrichshafen presents the record champions in the duel
Michał Superlak (r.) repeatedly found gaps in Berlin’s block and was the MVP of the game with 25 points. Photo: imago/Contrast Mark Lebedev has already taken part in too many…
Arabic Modernism: Modern art instead of exotic fantasies
Jewad Selim, Alqailoula, oil on canvas, 1958 Photo: © Estate Jewab Selim Everyone has certainly heard of heroes of modern art such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse or Fernand Léger.…