Abstract art is not readily accessible. It is the lyric poetry of the fine arts. Many find it bewildering. A volume of interviews now offers an anecdotal approach to abstract images.

Talking and drinking, drinking and talking. Two brothers on an odyssey through Munich’s pubs. The night is cold, the topics are heavy. Soon afterwards, the older brother dies. The younger brother’s obituary is a grief-stricken stream of thoughts – underpinned by tender brotherly love.
 

Amazing facts and expressive illustrations make Dieter Braun's non-fiction book for children aged 8 and over a wonderful read for people of all ages – even those without a particular fondness for mountains.

From the North Pole to the slaughterhouses of Chicago: Kristina Gehrmann has a penchant for all things historical, which she combines with her love of manga.

Over the past 120 years, Marxist ideas have undergone frequent revivals on the silver screen.

Falling down, lowering yourself on a rope from a great height or staging a moped accident – for Melanie Benna, this is all part of her everyday working life. The native Berliner works as a stunt woman. How does she assert herself in this male domain?

How do we interact with strangers and engage with foreign countries? The film “Western” tells the story of German construction workers sent to build a hydroelectric power station in Bulgaria, where their encounters with local villagers do not, to put it mildly, always go smoothly.

Some bank on software, others on local woods. The current range of instrument making in Germany is great, but so too is the international competition.

As news of Che Guevara’s death spread around the world in 1967, an independent label declared a cultural revolution in Bavaria. 2017 marks the 50th birthday of the Trikont record company, still a subversive thorn in the establishment’s side today.

Traditional German male choirs look pretty old in the twenty-first century. Sing-along formats, however, such as “pack singing” are booming. In any case, Germans’ desire to sing remains unbroken.