The srabon gotten so here in germany a small plots of garden colonies that city dwellers love to have to grow vegetables flowers or just to sit in and relish the simple joys of nature at the weekend this is typically german as is the fact that these Hobby Gardeners are this year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the rules and regulations of such gardens really rachel stood is an expert on all things quintessentially german. Well hes a. Slice of calm in the city. And welcome to the. Owner of a gemini on the Outskirts Of Town that the long rail lines youll find god in colonies plots of land divvied up and rented out to green. Garden. There are several names for the allotment in germany because theyve got enough of 370. 00 square metres of manicured lawns neat flower beds and decoration is welcomed including of course the
german kitsch the garden learn. In the 19th century city populations blue and green spaces dwindled their divisions of allotments gave poor families some outdoor spac
Weve been reporting on the International Literature festival in berlin writers from around the world are here to give readings discussion panels workshops and generally made to greet their fellow walthers and of course their fans the writer and i asked a man will be with me in a minute but 1st more about the festival. Celebration at literature the International Literature festival is happening now in the german capital t. V. You can not only listen to those reading from their works but discuss all manner of topics with literature fans from All Over The World. There are 200 authors from 59 countries and someone from our team counted them there are very many languages being spoken. There are also cross disciplinary events inspired by young adult literature. French author clementine birthdays coming of age story people its for example gets a magical transformation courtesy of pupils from the berlin ballet school. Its made to feel ive never seen all the different chapters of the novel danc
Concern for the environment. And in our series Underground Europe we visit an eerie stop to rainy a lake in southern switzerland. Dividend or the turning point thats the term that germans used to refer to the fall of the berlin wall in 1909 an event that mend the end of east germany and cleared the way for the countrys reunification well for artists who had found a way to coexist with the communist system and opened a vast new world of possibilities at the same time however it up ended everything about their creative motivation and their lives for 30 years on an exhibition in like 6 looks at the art that was produced during this turbulent period. Doris siegler doesnt see herself as someone who can see into the future but what the light sic artist painted just a year before the fall of the wall did come to pass people peacefully demonstrating with candles crossing a border bridge. As nutty it was spring 980 s. And i explain it to myself as a type of Wish Fantasy For Change and also one
His companys products for the countrys 5 g. Infrastructure. Stuck in the middle of serbia vows to boost economic ties with russia while it also strives to become part of the e. U. This is business as usual on the w. As in the berlin wall come and we start in europe after 8 years at the helm of the e. C. B. Maria druggy held his final policy meeting his famous 2012 statement whatever it takes to preserve the euro at the height of the countys own financial crisis will go down in history fall as successes leaves behind a divided governing council last month a 3rd of its members oppose his move to restart a quantity of Easing Printing Money to buy bonds from governments and companies as a way of stabilizing the euro zone. His final Press Conference that ended just minutes ago he was asked by a reporter what kind of advice he has for his successor Christine Lagarde is what
he had to say. No advice is the she knows perfectly well what she has to do and by the way she has a long period of tim
Me too well by photographer. Zazen latest project. But for us the biggest book fair in the world is underway in germanys Business Capital frankfurt authors publishes journalists and creative people from around the world net king and negotiating deals as we speak and one of the big talking points there and indeed in the literary world as a whole is not surprisingly new technology and its application and list refold is more on the subject starting belin. The future human berlin is a newly opened center for questions of the future here we meet to write. The indian born speculative fiction author mimi mandel from new york. And anne cutler who lives in berlin and vienna theyre both interested in the future of writing and fascinated by the new possibilities presented by Artificial Intelligence this is
a fantastic 1st of all its a fantastically amusing field because its an idea thats been around since at least frankenstein it comes up again and again and it somehow draws in all kinds of topic