To understand the extent of incompetence, one must understand the elite’s character traits as a social stratum, a class, and a status in...

(DE) The youngest member of my circle of friends, three-year-old Bobby, is almost bursting with excitement waiting for Father Christmas....

(UK) I have enjoyed living in England, or more precisely in London, as a German for more than 25 years. I studied public health here,...

(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...