Tag: Vietnam War
US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg died
Daniel Ellsberg risked his freedom when he went public with explosive truths in the early 1970s: the US government had systematically deceived its people about the Vietnam War. The man…
John Irving and his “The Last Chairlift”: There are many kinds of love – culture
It’s one of the strongest scenes in John Irving’s new novel The Last Chairlift, the first that the now 81-year-old author has published in seven years. And one that typifies…
John Irving: “The Last Chairlift” – Culture
It’s one of the strongest scenes in John Irving’s new novel The Last Chairlift, the first that the now 81-year-old author has published in seven years. And one that typifies…
Series “1972 – the year that remains”: The poems of Nicolas Born – culture
Of Hilmar Klute The title alone arouses curiosity about fabulously beautiful worlds. One would like to start immediately and recommend this bright, powerful idea to humanity weighed down by toil,…
US composer George Crumb dead: wild world interpreter – culture
The attack of the string quartet violin is ear-destroying wild, especially as it is electronically amplified. “Night of the Electronic Insects” is the name of the first of thirteen pieces…