HOME | CATEGORY HOME | Art | Austria | Christmas | Churchill | Classics | Climate | Climbing | COVID | Culture | English language | English literature | EU | France | Free speech | French literature | German language | German literature | Germany | Goethe | Gotthard | Heine | Heloise Höchner | Misc | Nature | Philosophy | Pound | Religion | Romania | Romansh | Rousseau | Rückert | Schubart | Schubert | Science | Senn | Sociology | Switzerland | UK | UK monarchy | Ukraine | US | Website | WW1 | WW2 30 articles in category 'Austria'. The 'family card' of birthdays and name days Heloise's notes about her family, written for her husband Posted on UTC 2025-02-02 08:00 Words: 1,319; reading time: 5 minutes Heloise Höchner's first and last love That dithering, heartless narcissist, Franz Grillparzer. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2019-03-20 12:04 Words: 22,876; reading time: 1 hour 43 minutes Updated on 2025-02-01 Quote and image of the month for November Quote: Karl Friedrich von Kübeck: the viva voce examination, 1801. Image: Follower of Caravaggio, Saint Matthew and the Angel. Posted on UTC 2018-11-10 10:19 Words: 642; reading time: 2 minutes The Sound of Martial Music Seven days in March eighty years ago: the Austrian Anschluss. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2018-03-06 07:03 Words: 10,056; reading time: 45 minutes Updated on 2018-03-24 The other Austrian Economics The patriotic way to buy your folkwear. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-06-17 11:10 Words: 789; reading time: 3 minutes Maria Theresia, the great Empress Born 300 years ago on 13 May 2017. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-06-12 11:55 Words: 3,846; reading time: 17 minutes Schubert's friend Johann Senn For some people, being born on the first of April is no joke. [7 pages] Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:40 Words: 21,195; reading time: 1 hour 36 minutes The Senn family A Tyrolean family at the centre of political turmoil. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:41 Words: 2,069; reading time: 9 minutes The Tyrolean Fatherland A land of exceptionalism, independence and Catholic bigotry. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:42 Words: 2,450; reading time: 11 minutes Johann Senn in the Stadtkonvikt and after The young Tyrolean in Vienna. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:43 Words: 3,131; reading time: 14 minutes Revolting students German nationalism and political reform. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:44 Words: 1,360; reading time: 6 minutes Cooling down the hotheads The suppression of academic unrest. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:45 Words: 3,432; reading time: 15 minutes The first exile Johann Senn's exile in Innsbruck and his army years. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:46 Words: 4,412; reading time: 20 minutes The wilderness years Life and literary failure after the army. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2017-04-24 16:47 Words: 3,837; reading time: 17 minutes The Jacobin Conspiracy Making the mood music of Schubert's times. [6 pages] Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:00 Words: 14,407; reading time: 1 hour 5 minutes Circles of conspiracy Secret meetings, handwritten circulars and strange gestures. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:01 Words: 1,476; reading time: 6 minutes Franz Hebenstreit The hothead cavalry lieutenant with the big voice. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:02 Words: 3,274; reading time: 14 minutes Andreas von Riedel The mathematics teacher. How much can a man survive? Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:03 Words: 4,264; reading time: 19 minutes Joseph Vinzenz Degen Some pieces of silver. Fortune favours the betrayer. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:04 Words: 777; reading time: 3 minutes Making the punishment fit the crime Learning from the conspiracy. Closing down discussion and criticism. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:05 Words: 485; reading time: 2 minutes The atmosphere under the belljar The calm people of the becalmed empire keep their noses clean. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-10-01 09:06 Words: 2,020; reading time: 9 minutes Scrapbook for September Late learning | Immigrants, always resented | Snowflake of the Month | Design update | Feed a cold, starve a fever | One mystery fewer | Restoration and reconstruction | Missing links | The medium is the message, Tim | Quelle finesse! Posted on UTC 2016-09-01 02:01 Words: 2,120; reading time: 9 minutes Franz's belljar The belljar of the Austrian Emperor Franz II comes down over his people. Young composers included. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-09-13 07:18 Words: 5,510; reading time: 25 minutes Portrait of the age Joseph, Leopold and the Enlightenment manifesto made visible by Pompeo Batoni. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-08-20 10:28 Words: 7,070; reading time: 32 minutes The cradle of the Habsburgs Great oaks from little acorns grow. Not only that, Emperor Rudolf I died 825 years ago on 15 July 1291. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-07-07 12:10 Words: 6,825; reading time: 31 minutes UK grassroots guide Puzzled and confused by politicians? Empress Maria Theresia knew what to do. The thinking person's guide with detailed construction plans suitable for every level and all budgets. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-07-01 10:29 Words: 1,017; reading time: 4 minutes Saving time Why? Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-05-08 12:34 Words: 1,123; reading time: 5 minutes Updated on 2016-12-11 Imperial chemistry Emperor Leopold II's secret and dangerous hobby. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-04-05 16:08 Words: 2,782; reading time: 12 minutes The Habsburg lip Branding a dynasty with a genetic defect. If you've got it, flaunt it. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-04-01 07:28 Words: 1,811; reading time: 8 minutes Brief Encounter II Fings ain't wot they used to be: Not every man is Trevor Howard. Girls should listen to the accumulated wisdom of the ages. Posted by Richard Law on UTC 2016-01-18 10:08 Words: 457; reading time: 2 minutes
