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It always surprises me to see the sometimes overtly anti-US sentiment here in Berlin and this striking banner caught my eye hanging on the Volksbühne to promote an adaptation for stage of Eduard Limonov’s novel “Fuck off, America”. Coming from the UK where people actually aspire to the US it’s novel to see and hear […]

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The bars in Berlin are world famous, and rightly so. There is a vast array to choose from ranging from traditional beer cellar type things with kitsch frilly bits to minimalist cool places, where electro music pumps away while people suck their cheeks in and try to look wasted. They come in all shapes and […]

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Funny, about 6 years ago I visited Berlin for the first time and complained about the situation with ‘coffee to go’. I found it annoying that I could not get a takeaway coffee at all…this was harsh for a Brit who happened to be spending a lot of time in US working the internet bubble. […]

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It’s impossible to find a good cuppa in Germany, my definition being standard strong tea bag variety as drunk by workers whilst they contemplate the arrival of a (much deserved) lunch break away from the strain of leaning on a shovel. Here when you order tea you normally get fruit or herbal tee (yeuchh!), when […]

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I want to say something positive about living in Berlin (I like it here really). Here it is - there’s lot’s of space here. The ratio of physical space to human flesh is much, much higher than in other cities I have lived which results in a much calmer and more focused state of […]

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