Further to this the BBC has this interview with “Gamekeeper Bill” (whose name has been changed to protect his identity), who “explains why he risks prison to kill rare birds when he claims to love the countryside.”
Thought for the Day
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
E. M. Forster, 1879 – 1970, English novelist
The Grumpy Vegan in Berlin
The first, which was next to the only remaining section of the Berlin Wall, was the Topography of Terror
Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions responsible for the repressive and criminal policies of National Socialism were located on the terrain of the Topography of Terror, situated between Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse (today Niederkirchnerstrasse), Wilhelmstrasse and Anhalter Strasse. Here, in close proximity to the traditional government district, the Secret State Police, the SS leadership and the Reich Security Main Office set up their offices: the administrative headquarters of the Secret State Police and the notorious Gestapo “house prison” were located at Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 8; the neighbouring Hotel Prinz Albrecht housed the offices of the SS Reich leadership; and the Security Service (SD) of the SS Reich leadership was established at Wilhelmstrasse 102. As of 1939, Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 8 was also the address of the newly founded Reich Security Main Office.
On a grey over cast day walking around the open-air exhibit which included descriptions of how the political prisoners were cruelly treated and killed and the various failed attempts on Hitler’s life, it was not difficult to begin to imagine how terrible those times were.
The second exhibit was the Kathe Kollwitz Museum. Here is an artist who knew what art was for: to speak out against suffering, poverty, death, hunger and war. Such art can be maudlin or trivial but with Kathe Kollwitz the spirit of our humanity is moved, outraged and empowered. Such is the power of great art.
Police Interview Harry (the Royal) About Shot Rare Birds
Police questioned Prince Harry after two rare and legally protected birds were killed on the royal family’s estate last week, the prince’s press office said Wednesday. British newspapers reported Wednesday that Prince Harry and a friend were shooting on the royal family’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk last week when witnesses saw two hen harriers being shot. The Times quoted sources saying the prince and his friend were the only two people known to be shooting on the estate when the birds were killed. A spokeswoman for Clarence House confirmed Harry and his friend were in the area at the time and that police had been in contact with them. She said police asked them if they had any information about the alleged incident, but she said the prince and his friend replied they had no knowledge of it.
2007 Lantern Books Essay Competition
The aim of the 2007 Lantern Books Essay Competition is to allow new thinking to emerge on the key subjects of Lantern’s publishing program and to encourage new voices to step forward to shape the debate of the future.
There are three topics to choose from:
How far does personal responsibility extend when it comes to the environment or other issues affecting the planet?
Where do you find peace, and how can that space be extended?
What “bad” experience has turned out to be “good” for you?
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Thought for the Day
A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.
Guy Fawkes, 1570 – 1606, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 to blow up the British Parliament, which is celebrated today
