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28/12/2022

Die ultimativen Inselverstecke

From palatial pads to simple shelters, why island living is the perfect escape. Clare Dowdy explores the isolated joy of dream homes around the world.

28/12/2022

Hedwig und der böse Zoll: Eine Liebesgeschichte, die Tabus brach

The cult film Hedwig and the Angry Inch was released 20 years ago. Leila Latif explores the enduring revolutionary power of an unlikely love story.

28/12/2022

„Soft Girl“: Der radikale Trend, den Millennials lieben

The "Soft Girl" aesthetic began life among Nigerian social media influencers, and has since gone mainstream. Evie Muir explores why it has found resonance among young black women.

26/12/2022

Acht der schönsten Opernhäuser der Welt

26/12/2022

Warum das Tiny House jetzt perfekt ist

Just as minimalism found its moment, now it's the turn of the tiny house movement. Beverley D'Silva explores why, when it comes to dwellings, small is beautiful.

25/12/2022

Zehn visionäre Ideen für die Zukunft

Looking ahead, how will we live? Some of the most imaginative ways that architecture and design are bringing hope are explored in a new book. George Kafka speaks to its author.

24/12/2022

Was passiert mit der faschistischen Architektur nach dem Faschismus?

Across Europe, many controversial monuments still remain. Alex Sakalis visits a small Italian town that has found a way to contextualise and defuse the architectural legacy of fascism.

21/12/2022

Die „gefährlichen“ Bücher, die zu mächtig sind, um sie zu lesen

Forty years on from the launch of Banned Books Week, censorship is once again on the rise. John Self considers the long and ignoble global history of book-banning.

21/12/2022

Der Brunnen der Einsamkeit: Das Buch, das eine Nation korrumpieren könnte

While its literary value has been questioned, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness still acts as a beacon for sexual self-discovery, writes Hephzibah Anderson.

19/12/2022

Leben und Schicksal: Der sowjetische Roman „zu gefährlich zum Lesen“

Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate created a portrait of the Soviets in WW2 that revealed "the grand sweep of history alongside the granular detail within", writes Nicholas Barrett.

19/12/2022

Alan Garner: Der magische Meister der britischen Literatur

With Treacle Walker, Alan Garner has become the oldest writer to be nominated for The Booker Prize. His wonderful books have delighted generations, writes Laura Venning.

19/12/2022

Baba Yaga: Die größte „böse Hexe“ von allen?

The Slavic crone, known for living in a house built on chicken legs and feasting on children, is a complex, and arguably feminist, figure – as a new book shows, says David Barnett.