My first cycle path film documented the dangers of Skalitzer Straße. Now here is the second episode – going north through Kreuzberg from Bergmannstraße, via Baerwaldstraße, Prinzenstraße, Moritzplatz and Heinrich-Heine-Straße to Jannowitzbrücke. This one is characterised by narrow and very bumpy paths (caused mostly by tree roots and poor repairs). […]
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Radweg Skalitzer Straße, Kreuzberg
Berlin has cycle lanes on most of its main streets, but many of these lanes are poorly designed or in bad condition. One of the worst is along Skalitzer Straße through Kreuzberg – it is an important east-west route between Kottbusser Tor and the Oberbaumbrücke. As the first in an […]
German humour about the EU (yes, really)
Humour about the EU is hard enough – how do you make the European Union funny without just falling back on crass national stereotypes? And then to try to do that in German, bearing in mind that – well – the stereotype is that Germany is not the funniest place […]
The CDU strict-father model for Greece
The video above shows extracts of German Christian Democrat politicians talking about Greece. The statements are as follows: “Der Grieche hat jetzt lang genug genervt” (“The Greeks have annoyed us long enough“) – Thomas Strobl “Es gibt in Europa andere Staaten, denen es wahrscheinlich noch schlechter geht und die nicht […]
European Disputes – live stream
This morning I am a speaker at European Disputes, part of the Internationales Literaturfestival. My panel, with Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ulrike Guérot, György Dalos, Hubert Védrine and moderated by Wolfgang Herles will be live streamed below, 1015-1145. The full programme is here. Pose questions on Twitter using the tag #EUdisputes. Your browser […]
Digitale Gesellschaft: Online Campaigning in Brussels: the next five years
I gave a presentation at Digitale Gesellschaft’s Netzpolitischer Abend on 7th October, entitled Online Campaigning in Brussels: the next five years
Live stream: So was anything different? Europa-Nævnet København
Today I’m speaking at Europa-Nævnet in Copenhagen at their conference entitled “Is it any different?” (programme here) that looks at what happened in the 2014 EP elections in Denmark and more widely. The slides I am using are below, and can be downloaded here. If the wifi holds I will […]
OKFestival Keynotes Day 2
After the success with the improvised stream yesterday, we’re at it again today! The OKFestival 2014 keynotes now broadcasting live. Your browser does not support iframes. Here’s how we’re doing it.
Ad-hoc live streaming
I’m currently broadcasting OK Festival here, because the wifi in the room is not working and hence I have needed to improvise. Here is the stream: Your browser does not support iframes. So how am I doing it? I am using the iOS app Bambuser for the live stream, and […]
Live Stream: Citizens’ Pact / European Alternatives, 17th May
Streaming live with MEPs Scholz, Cramer, Thein, from 1900 CET! Your browser does not support iframes.
#dwwebtalk – “Making the EU sexy – the European Elections on social media”, 14th May, 1500
I am going to be a guest on Deutsche Welle’s online discussion #dwwebtalk on 14th May about the European Elections. It will be filmed using a Google Hangout, and broadcast here. You can follow the discussion using the tag #dwwebtalk on Google+ and on Twitter. I know that Martin Fuchs […]
Wortwechsel, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Freitag den 2. Mai, 1907-2000
Today has been a bit of a step into the unknown. I was a guest on the Deutschlandradio Kultur show “Wortwechsel” that was recorded at lunchtime and will be broadcast tonight between 1907 and 2000. The programme will be available live here. It’s the first time I have ever been the guest […]