As usual, there was very little movement on the Spiegel bestseller list around the festive period. The front runners have been determined and their place can no longer be contested. These include, for example, Sebastian Fitzek with “Der Heimweg” (1st place, fiction); Dirk Rossmann with “The ninth arm of the octopus” (2nd place, fiction) and … Read more
43823 what4ever – stock.adobe.com display Legal clarity does not want to be defined dogmatically, but put into the picture: A primiparous woman who is qualified to be a judge is lying in the delivery room; a lawyer who is too drunk to see at the traffic control that he shouldn’t defend himself on his own … Read more
Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – It’s a project with a heart: prisoners in Freiburg can record bedtime stories for their children and have them sent. This is made possible by the city’s Catholic prison chaplaincy. Due to the corona pandemic, visits to the Freiburg correctional facility are hardly possible and only possible under distance and … Read more
Home Culture Exhibitions December 22, 2020, 6:51 a.m. Exhibitions – Halberstadt:Gleimhaus dedicates an exhibition to Liar Baron Münchhausen Open detailed view—The glue house. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa / archive image (Photo: dpa) — Directly from the dpa news channel Halberstadt (dpa / sa) – The Gleimhaus Halberstadt takes the 300th birthday of … Read more
The writer Jorge Valenzuela Garcés (Lima, 1962) book by book he searches for a place in the Peruvian narrative. In this attempt, as is natural in creation, some books are more successful than others. Occupational hazards, they say. Precisely, in order to offer the best of his narrative work, he has published Marion’s secret and … Read more
Earlier this week I got a text message from my doctor warning me to stay home, according to the governor’s latest order. The Covid-19 cases are exploding all over the area, not just Los Angeles, but also here in Santa Barbara. Shortly afterwards my son, Dr. Boyle the Younger, from Los Angeles, and said that … Read more
The years go by for everyone and, sometimes, it is not an easy task to come to terms with it. Each person leaves a mark. Sometimes good, sometimes not so much. In the case of the relevant characters, there is also a legacy. 2020, augmented by the pandemic, you are wiping too many figures off … Read more
Hamburg (dpa / lno) – The Hamburg cultural authority is supporting 20 independent publishers during the corona pandemic. For this, one-off future premiums totaling 155,000 euros will be awarded, as the authority announced on Monday. The money is intended to support independent publishers in a targeted manner in order to cushion economic losses caused by … Read more
Andrew Bird, like so many of us, was surprised by the pandemic in the spring. He was working on songs, preparing for concerts, but things turned out differently: “I just got back from recording from Chicago when the effects of the pandemic hit me. I live in the country near LA, in the mountains . … Read more
The great British writer John le Carr died at 89. The announcement was made on Guardian, reporting the confirmation of his family. The famous author of some among the greatest thriller and espionage novels died due to a pneumonia (not linked to Covid)at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Saturday night. – It would be not … Read more