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Beware of the beginnings!
With the recent rise of populist, nationalist and xenophobic movements such as Pegida and AfD, some have […]
Berlin
Weimar’s peace-mongers
After World War I, the anti-war movement in Germany was at its strongest. We spoke to a […]
Books
Looking for Nabokov
While the likes of Isherwood wallowed in the decadent fun of 1920s Berlin, another great expat author […]
Books
Beyond Isherwood
Seedy, squalid, sexy, glamorous: 1920s Berlin provides the ideal backdrop for plenty of best-selling genre fiction. Three […]
Film
Berlin’s little Hollywood
It's beloved by today's artsy expats (and Tarantino), but the Delphi theatre is just a tiny part […]
Stage
A Weimar pearl
The Komische Oper is remounting Oscar Straus’ 1923 operetta The Pearls of Cleopatra, a light bit of […]
