Museums & Galleries (page 2)
Stasimuseum Normannenstraße
The banality of evil: a Stasi boss who ate breakfast while down the corridor prisoners awaited their fate.
- Originally published: 30 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
A timeless art collection that survived the times.
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen is one of the better reasons to visit Rotterdam.
- Originally published: 11 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Body Worlds in Brussels
People donate their bodies to Gunther von Hagens. He exhibits his work. Other people get upset. I wanted to find out why.
- Originally published: 5 Oct 2008 in Museums & Galleries
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
In the presence of plenty.
- Originally published: 28 Jul 2008 in Museums & Galleries
At the National Gallery
London’s National Gallery is free and packed with masterpieces. Almost makes me wish I lived or worked nearby. Almost.
- Originally published: 31 Oct 2005 in Museums & Galleries
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Mozart at the Karlskirche
Mozart left his extraordinarily emotive Requiem unfinished when he died and it had to be completed by another composer.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Concerts
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2007 Tour)
My flatmate saw a documentary film about some Cuban musicians. He insisted I see it for myself. And I did, eight years later.
- Originally published: 15 Mar 2007 in Concerts
Zuid Holland and Zeeland
Canals and coastline: a quick jaunt around the broad, open spaces of the southern Netherlands.
- Originally published: 5 Jun 2009 in Europe
Life’s a Quiche
A visit to Metz and Nancy, the two major cities of Lorraine.
- Originally published: 8 Sep 2008 in Europe
The books are burning
Nowadays a media event reaches everyone everywhere. The Koran burning at Gainsville shows that leaders still don’t know how to respond.
- Originally published: 9 Sep 2010 in Editorial
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