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Berlin Socks

Berlin Socken

The shop label described the pair of long socks in the best Berlin English as ‘knee over socks’. I thought I would ...

Syrian Sweets

Syrische Süßigkeiten

Like a beacon, Konditerei Al-Iman drew us indoors to warm our bodies and sweeten our palates with tantalising ...

Berlin Block

Berlin Block

Tilted awkwardly “as if Chaplin was turning on his shoe”, this 77-ton Richard Serra ‘Berlin Block’ is both ...

Evil According to Hannah Arendt

Das Böse nach Hannah Arendt

Evil According to Hannah Arendt

I became attracted to Hannah Arendt in 2011, whilst visiting an exhibition on the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. ...

For Rosa and Karl

Für Rosa und Karl

For Rosa and Karl

Her murder was couched in terms of “Hohenzollern Germany celebrat(ing) its last triumph and Nazi Germany ...

View From Above

Die Draufsicht

View From Above

Photographing a bird's eye-view of Berlin is not easy: it's very flat and doesn't have big city skylines. But that’s part of ...

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