DE/I) Dusk falls early. The days are getting shorter, the air clearer. I love walking through the park at dusk. It’s quiet. There’s no one about. People are making themselves comfortable at home. Suddenly, I hear it. A soft rustling. Is it the wind? Was it my foot brushing against the colourful leaves? I pause and listen. It rustles again. Where is it coming from? On the ground, I spot a chestnut just emerging into the light of day. The spiky husk is half-open, revealing the

(DE) Everywhere you look, on you can read about how retired men and women could – or even ought to – organise their daily lives. Hardly a day goes by without well-meaning advice being offered to pensioners, who are apparently in need of help and guidance, on how to lead a happy and healthy life. The „Apotheken Umschau“ deserves a special mention here. This immensely popular publication, also known amongst senior citizens as Rentnerbravo, is a veritable source of inspiration

DE: Sometimes all it takes is an evening, a good meal, a few glasses of wine – and suddenly a time long past is back. I recently had a visit in London from an old acquaintance from Berlin. D. and I have known each other since the 1970s. What binds us is a shared experience that has left a lasting mark on both of us: the alternative educational project, the ‘School for Adult Education’ in Berlin. He worked there as a chemistry teacher whilst I was a student taking my A-levels.

(DE) The current debate on anti-Semitism and attitudes towards Israel in the mid-2020s is something that concerns me deeply. I feel unsettled. At what point do certain ways of thinking, certain statements and judgements cross the line into anti-Semitism? Some explanations fill me with fear and dread, because according to this understanding, I could be an anti-Semite. This horrifies me, because from childhood right through to my adult life, I have engaged with the persecution

(DE) When I returned to my hometown, my apartment, my neighbourhood, and my regular stores after a several-year absence, almost...

The ' Note Affair' from three perspectives The girl in 1977 (DE) When she woke up alone in a strange bed on that June morning in 1977,...