May you live in interesting times. So, apparently, that is not a Chinese curse. According to the good people over at Quote Investigor – yes, people actively investigate quotes, humans are like that – well, according to QI, a British man named Austen (of all names) who was part of the British diplomatic corps in […]Read Post ›
Editor’s Note Maya It’s been a bit bleak lately, hasn’t it? Day 12 of the new decade and people are already exhausted. With the way things are going, everybody will be ready for bed by the end of the month. Silver linings seem to be in short supply at the moment… But: candles […]Read Post ›
Practice, Practice, Practice The first thing an (aspiring) writer needs to understand is that writing is a craft. Writing requires diligence, discipline and continuous practice to perfect. That means regularly writing down the next paragraph of whatever it is you’re working on – whether every Tuesday at two, every day from seven to eight, or every […]Read Post ›
This is a longer post. But first, the weather report: It’s 21 °C in this beautiful city and everyone is happy. Decent north-alpine temperatures. The weather has obviously stopped misbehaving. Ice-cream is no longer a must to cool down, which is a pity. There are a lot of tourists and school excursions about, the first […]Read Post ›
This is a longer post. But first, the weather report: It has finally cooled down in this beautiful city. The sky’s grey with clouds crawling along under the blue. People are disoriented. Suddenly, sweaters are needed. Everyone’s mildly in mourning of the hot days now gone. Give it two more days and complaints about the lack […]Read Post ›
twelve ten: 12 inch/10 inch LP your quarterly on culture deine kultur zum quartal An online quarterly? In this day and age? Why?! We at von reuth are crazy about culture. Music, movies, creative writing (of course!), theatre, dance, food&drink, urban (and not so urban) cultures, we’re pretty much hooked. We also like to experiment. So, […]Read Post ›
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