I sit in Kilkenny’s Irish Pub In Flughafen Schönefeld Uncertain and afraid Or at least rather depressed As the clever hopes expire Of an interesting couple of years...
This has been my final week in Berlin as Einstein Visiting Fellow (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Einstein Foundation’
Goodbye to Berlin
Posted in Musings, tagged Berlin, Einstein Foundation on November 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Esprit de l’Escalier
Posted in Musings, tagged Berlin, Einstein Foundation, Thucydides on January 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
One of the things I really like about formal gatherings in Germany (okay, extrapolating from a sample of two, plus the father’s birthday party in Goodbye Lenin!, but it’s 100% so far) is the fact that they always seem to feature a jazz combo noodling away in the background before the speeches start. (more…)
