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Speeding British muppet foils German speed cam

I couldn’t supress a small giggle at this. [ READ MORE ]

Karl Marx in the rain

As I ran for cover in a heavy rainstorm in Neuruppin, Germany, I passed this bust of Karl Marx. [ READ MORE ]

Sans Souci Palace, Potsdam, Germany

I thought this statue looked great against the blue sky. [ READ MORE ]

Carpet of Bluebells

2007-04-19 047 Originally uploaded by Monnowman. This a shot I took of the bluebells in Priory Grove Wood, near Monmouth recently. Technorati tags: monmouthshire, nature, flowers, photograph [ READ MORE ]

Cultural prejudice and booksellers’ responsibility

I’ve just returned from a trip to a bookshop in Gloucester. Browsing the history section, I noted that the shelves containing books on German history were dominated by books on the Second World War, the Nazis and the Holocaust. One of the very few books that had significant coverage of Germany before 1933 was itself [ READ MORE ]

A German musical coincidence

Last Friday K. and I went to a birthday party in Llanfoist, outside Abergavenny. The host had invited a recorder orchestra made up of mostly middle aged ladies from near Stuttgart who were performing in the area. They played some mediaeval-sounding numbers which were charming, but after the fourth one I went outside where little [ READ MORE ]

Vanity, family and sign language

I have just discovered a forwarding thingy on my domain provider’s website that allows me to forward www.philbarker.org.uk to this LiveJournal blog address. So now you need only use www.philbarker.org.uk to read the blog. Vanity? Yes! Been looking for suitable episodes for inclusion in this blog, but on a “quality is better than quantity” principle”, I’m [ READ MORE ]

Heimat: Happiness is a TV series from your adolescence

I have been excitedly anticipating a DVD release for a year or two now and last week it finally happened. The Extended Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King? The Director’s Cut of Donnie Darko? No. It’s actually a very long German television series from the 1980’s called Heimat. Heimat was [ READ MORE ]

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