“Is she pop’s best new hope?” a BBC reporter asked in 2017, when Billie Eilish was only 15. Today, just 17, the singer-songwriter with the melancholy voice is well on her way to stardom. She has three gigs in Germany this month: in Berlin, February 11, in Hamburg, February 12 and in Frankfurt, February 17.
British photographer Reuben Wu isn’t interested in realist images; he wants to photograph landscapes as though they were unexplored territory. To do so, he attaches spotlights to a drone and uses a long exposure to create surreal effects.
Culture clash
Travel broadens the mind. Particularly if we pass the time at airports, on airplanes or in taxis with fascinating culture podcast.
Living in Sweden
Billy bookcases and cinnamon buns? Certainly not. The German-language podcast “Läget” goes far beyond the usual clichés.
All about Asia
Who where the Samurai again? How did the Nüshu script come about? What was the first Japanese manga? “History ofJapan” and “China History Podcast” are top infotainment.
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Tit for tat
“Americana für euch” explains the finer points of U.S. culture in German. Alternatively, check out the “History of Germany Podcast” in English.
Grand Canyon National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with some six million annual visitors, turns 100 this year. Its official celebration on February 26 will also recognize Native American cultural links to the spectacular gorge on the Colorado River.