I’m really excited to be running a 4-week creative writing course focussing on the Erotic next month at Lettrétage, Berlin Mitte next month. … Read More Your Erotic Story: A four-week creati...
When the giant aquarium containing one million litres of water at Berlin’s Radisson Blu exploded last December, the fish weren’t the only victims. If you were there on the day, you’d have s...
This year's British Council Literature Seminar was all about class and contemporary writing.… Read More British Council Literature Seminar 2023 on Class and Contemporary UK Writing
I have been thinking about identity a lot recently. Susan Sontag’s diaries reveal how she constantly recreated herself. Like setting out to be less charming and more serious. Don’t smile so m...
https://englishmaninberlin.wordpress.com/2023/01/28/paris-magnetique-at-the-jewish-museum-berlin/
October in Berlin: Two experiences that centred around the importance of storytelling.… Read More Etgar Keret at the Jewish Museum Berlin and The Freedom Theatre at Theaterhaus Mitte
I love spending Christmas in Berlin. I haven't done it for a while, but there's something charming and playful about it.… Read More Nine interesting things you learn by spending Christmas in B...
German humour is strange. Plus, the Germans captured the absurdism of the internet and conspiracy theories first. … Read More German humour and conspiracy theories
https://englishmaninberlin.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/german-humour-and-conspiracy-theories/
“Berlin ist vorbei,” says Andreas Jeromin, a former Berlin squatter. It’s a phrase we hear often. Berlin is over. The coolest, most creative time the city had ever experienced, just after t...
https://englishmaninberlin.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/nineties-berlin-at-the-alte-munze/
Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing Pi, a modern dance performance at Pfefferberg Theatre. There is something about bodies moving through space in exceptional ways that is both delightful, e...
The Daimler Art Collection is very hard to find. We walked past it twice before spotting the little door that led to it. … Read More Guest post by Sophie Poulter-Patel: Daimler Art Collection