The Good Column – Who can outshine the pyramids?
What do the sausage and the wall have in common? Two ends (pictured: one end of the wall in the village of Moedlareuth) Photo: IMAGO/Funke Photo Services “Everything has an…
Brecht House – Literature Forum: In the name of law and order
Johannes Weilandt, POLIZEY No. I, 2023, 42 x 29.7 cm, colored pencil on paper Photo: © Johannes Weilandt/lfbrecht.de All of Berlin is interested in the police? Not all of Berlin,…
Defa director – Herrmann Zschoche: The power of dreams
Herrmann Zschoche did not stop being a romantic looking for expression. Foto: Imago/Future Image Herrmann Zschoche is the romantic among the Defa directors. This never stopped him from describing the…
Music History – Louder than God
Fighting against the windmills of the rock business: Blue Cheer, 1968 in the Netherlands Photo: IMAGO/piemags Dickie Peterson ends up settling in Germany and works as a day job as…
Merkel biography – Beate Baumann: One of the most important women in German politics
Angela Merkel (r) and her former office manager Beate Baumann in 2011. Photo: dpa | Peter Kneffel Almost nobody knows Beate Baumann. She was Angela Merkel’s office manager for decades.…
Autobiography – Who knows Merkel as well as Beate Baumann?
Angela Merkel (r) and her former office manager Beate Baumann in 2011. Photo: dpa | Peter Kneffel Almost nobody knows Beate Baumann. She was Angela Merkel’s office manager for decades.…
“Boss Matter ESC 2025” – Stefan Raab: Humor at the expense of the weaker
In his empire, Stefan Raab is the “King of Chops,” and he leads his subordinates through the ring by the nose ring, like here on “TV Total Diving” in 2004.…
Emancipation – Feminism: “Back to the old construction sites”
Such pictures only existed in the GDR. Foto: picture-alliance/ ZB/Manfred Uhlenhut Mr. Graeff, how did you come to feminism? Alexander Graeff: My upbringing was strongly influenced by patriarchy. We all…
South Korea – “4B” movement: form of self-protection
Advertisement for plastic surgery in a subway station in Seoul: Rigid beauty standards prevail in South Korean society. Photo: AFP/JUNG YEON-JE »The 4B movement is the gender-reversed version of the…
Handball – The Füchse Berlin have a break problem
Berlin’s backcourt player Lasse Andersson (l.) scored his six goals against Dinamo Bucharest all before the break. Photo: imago/Andreas Gora The Füchse Berlin currently have a rather unusual problem. The…