Culture

Here they are in random order, the albums that I think have had a big cultural impact without really being able to carry their name, either musically, creatively   →  

We are now in the final week of the year and it is time to predict the future. I have been playing this game for many years, with   →  

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s will remember post-war Europe, where a third of Germany was behind the communist Iron Curtain, along with Poland, the Baltic States,   →  

There is a lot of strange ambiguity in the world, a whole portfolio of opinions whose veracity is questionable; let’s start with some examples: Whatever we think of   →  

There are many signs that we live in an increasingly conservative society. One example, which I mentioned in another article, is the requirement to be addressed correctly. So-called   →  

Actually, wouldn’t it be better if Kamala Harris won? So she can continue to dismantle the American economy, and keep the Russians and Chinese busy, while we Europeans   →  

The classic nation state is about ‘one people and one country’. It often talks about linguistic and cultural unity, but there are also aspects of ethnicity and religion.   →  

It was the third time my bike was stolen, and a few days later it appeared online, for sale. Maybe it was even the same thief as last   →  

There is a common thread running from Woody Allen’s neurotic and slightly confused film character to the multi-diagnosed activist Greta Thunberg. These are people who are in therapy   →