Tag: Culture
Sarah Hall’s dystopia “The Daughters of the North”: Review. – Culture
“When they came to fetch me the second time, I lasted seven days in the dog hole …” The dog hole is a narrow iron box, the floor is stuck…
Thomas Meyer’s book “What should be Jewish on my nose, please?” – Culture
The Swiss writer Thomas Meyer never experienced physical violence because he is Jewish, but he was often insulted and confronted with absurd prejudices. Now he’s written a book about it.…
Catholic Children’s and Young People’s Book Prize: Jury Becomes Independent – Culture
The fact remains that there will be no Catholic children’s and youth book awards this year. The permanent council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference continues to refuse to award the…
After persistent threats, children’s book editor leaves Hungary – Kultur
The editor of the children’s book “Meseország mindenkié”, in German “Märchenland für alle”, which is hostile to homophobic rights, leaves his home country Hungary because of persistent threats against himself.…
We tested Quizboxing, the new indoor G culture game that’s coming to France everywhere
Collaborating to solve puzzles is good, winning solo and being able to tell it behind is cool too. Seven years (already!) After having lacked a little bit of cohesion to…
Leo Kirch’s legacy: my darling
He was stubborn, visionary, successful – and yet went down spectacularly. He collected art that is kept in warehouses – Monet, Nolde, Modigliani. Leo Kirch and the question of why…
Congress for Cultural Freedom – Culture
The speaker was once again in a good mood: “This whole thing was a huge scandal,” she reports to her husband from Milan, where politicians and scientists met for an…
150th birthday of Marcel Proust: Oh, that’s cheesy! – Culture
Marcel Proust’s novels are long, intricate, a structure of the most complex relationships, the mastery of which seems to presuppose, at least temporarily, what its author was granted: a life…
“The French Dispatch”: Wes Anderson premieres in Cannes. – Culture
You can’t think about it all the time during these summer cinema days, but of course this Corona-Cannes is also a risk. When, for example, the news comes that the…
Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang: “Inside Facebook” – Culture
Of Andrian Kreye One hears from Silicon Valley that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg met before their book “Inside Facebook” New York Times– Reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang fear.…