2026

Talking with the animals

Prof. Dr. Doolittle meets Prof. Dr. Wittgenstein. Chaos ensues.

Posted on UTC 2026-03-10 11:14

Words: 5,047; reading time: 22 minutes

Scrapbook for March

Website changes | Narnia: not my cup of tea | Compare and contrast

Posted on UTC 2026-03-01 02:01

Words: 1,246; reading time: 5 minutes

Where is your brother?

On the 83rd anniversary of the first judicial murders of the White Rose martyrs, excerpts of a speech given by Heinrich Böll on remembering the dead of the Nazi terror.

Posted on UTC 2026-02-22 18:09

Words: 3,244; reading time: 14 minutes

Updated on 2026-03-14

Simple yogurt making for complicated people

What to do with leftover yak stomachs.

Posted on UTC 2026-02-21 07:22

Words: 2,072; reading time: 9 minutes

No laughing matter

German jokes and German theatre.

Posted on UTC 2026-02-20 09:14

Words: 1,085; reading time: 4 minutes

Lifting up the stone to see what unpleasant things are wriggling underneath.

Posted on UTC 2026-02-08 19:02

Words: 1,102; reading time: 5 minutes

Schubert's syphilis revisited (yet again)

A critical review of One night with Venus, a lifetime with mercury

Posted on UTC 2026-02-04 09:12

Words: 5,258; reading time: 23 minutes

Scrapbook for February

More website changes | And so to Chur | Website changes

Posted on UTC 2026-02-01 02:01

Words: 1,358; reading time: 6 minutes

Au Moulin de la Galette, Madeleine

Enigma in the Sapphic mood

Posted on UTC 2026-01-01 04:21

Words: 2,667; reading time: 12 minutes

Scrapbook for January

Website changes: Categories | A tough year ahead for Switzerland | Website changes

Posted on UTC 2026-01-01 02:01

Words: 489; reading time: 2 minutes