A little taster of what is keeping me busy these days. Incidentally, it’s also in line with the current trend of writing about Spanish poets…

Blas de Otero, from “Pido la paz y la palabra” (1955).
P.S.: I’m using this as an excuse for revision - after all, I have to learn it anyway.

“Football under Cover” is the working title of Iranian filmmaker Ajat Najafi and his German colleague David Assmann’s new project. It’s about a friendly game played between two women’s teams - the multicultural BSV Aldersimspor from Berlin Kreuzberg and the Iranian women’s national team - in Tehran.

Hence the name: both the German and the Iranian [...]

… “I wanna be like Osama”

One of the greatest pieces of political incorrectness of recent times! (My favourite line is “If I hadn’t been so rowdy they’d have let me stay in Saudi.”… brilliant!)
The above song is part of “Jihad the Musical” presented at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For those in the ‘Burgh, it’s [...]