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Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features
Deciphering the Signs
A native Brit living in Berlin experiences Russia.
A Trainspotting of Debauchery: George Grosz’s Berlin: Prostitutes, Politicians, Profiteers at the Richard Nagy Gallery
Prostitutes, Politicians, Profiteers is the first UK exhibition of George Grosz – savage lampooner of Weimar Berlin’s monstrous excess – since 1997. Lauren Van Schaik Smith went along.
The Irreducible Materiality of Words: January by Nathan Brown
Tom Lordan on a rich and innovative avant-garde poetry collection – if poetry is the right word – from Berlin-based Broken Dimanche Press.
Futures past
To accompany our current Book Club read, ‘The Spring of Kasper Meier’ by Ben Fergusson, here is a beautiful reflection on a utopian village near Berlin by E.E. Mason.
Leviathan of the Urinals: Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin at The Space
After the intervention of the Isherwood estate, The Space’s adaptation of Christopher and His Kind was renamed Berlin. An apt name change, says Lauren Van Schaik Smith, as it’s Weimar ...
Fiction, Litro #135: Somewhere Between the Borders
Berlin, October 29
Hope and inspiration are lost in modern Berlin.
Kasper Meier: Writing Away from Home
Ben Fergusson – author of our current Book Club read, The Spring of Kasper Meier – considers the time he spent living in Berlin, and how it changed the way ...
Q&A: Ben Fergusson on The Spring of Kasper Meier
Ben Fergusson – author of Litro’s current Book Club pick, the thrilling debut The Spring of Kasper Meier – tells us about his experiences living in Berlin, the importance of ...
Book Review: Berlin: Imagine a City by Rory MacLean
Berlin: Imagine a City explores the complex history and lasting attraction of one of Europe’s most troubled cities, through an innovative mixture of history, biography and imagination.
Drama Matters: The Rise of the Abstract Set
In his latest column, Dan Hutton reflects on how set designers are increasingly refusing to be tied down to notions of “realism”.
A Guide to Literary Berlin
Berlin resident and literary advisor Nerys Hudson shares a book-lover’s highlights of a city with one of Europe’s most complex and rich literary heritages, from walking tours and literature houses ...
The Anti-Slam London: Anti Valentine Special
If you Google ‘anti slam’ you get a bunch of information about a pretentious-sounding poetry movement which took place in the Lower East Side of Manhattan a ...