(DE) An apparently insignificant incidence from my childhood is still in my memory today, more than 60 years later, probably because it...

(SAU/IDN) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, is fascinating for visitors for a short time, but after a while, during a longer working stay,...

(DE 2016/2017) After my heart attack, I got into the habit of taking a walk of at least an hour every day. From my flat, I can easily get...

(DE/EU) I am the daughter of a teacher and was therefore naturally unwilling to learn. Attending school, studying, writing exams and...

(De) “Do a nice curtsy!”, I was regularly asked as a child when visitors came to our house or when we visited distant relatives or...

(DE) It’s a hot summer’s day in 2019 as a group of elderly ladies are led, laughing and chattering happily, through their old...

LL: UK/DE: Whenever I am in a non-European country for a few weeks or months, whether on holiday or for work, I have this impending...

(DE) “Life is not a radio request concert” is often said when wishes are denied. But in our lives in the 50s and 60s, the weekly radio...

(DE) In the spring of 1953, seven adults reportedly cheered, “A Deandl!” (That’s Bavarian for “a girl.”) Well, the jubilation among my...

Family hierarchy DE: One day in summer, when I was still a kindergarten child, I decided not to announce my early return from...

(De/UK) Radio and Television in the 50s and 60s. When I was a child, in the 50s, we didn’t have a television. We listened to the radio....

Telephone and communication – changes over time LL-DE/UK: Last year, an overanxious mother in England called her son on his mobile phone...