Accents Magazine - Issue 02
Accents Magazine - Issue 02
Have a Ball!
Editorial
Now that you’ve taken a bite, requests from people wanting accents is a way of contributing story to find out more about
we’re telling you to have a to subscribe to the magazine, to the financial survival of the Christmas shopping.
ball! It’s our Christmas and and we’re grateful for that. magazine. It’s your way, as And speaking of having a ball,
New Year’s edition, after all. Others have asked us – with a reader, of helping to cover Oscar Wilde has had another
So, Merry Christmas and a some justification – why they some of our costs. Give it some one. The dear old dandy of Irish
Happy New Year! should subscribe to a magazine thought. There’s a subscription literature celebrated his 150 th
We’ve had a great response they can pick up somewhere for form on the inside of the back birthday ... in Stuttgart, of all
to the first edition of accents – free. Good question. We’re not cover. places. Our arts editor was
thanks for your phone calls, trying to hoodwink people into there for the party. We also play
emails and letters. Many of you paying for something they can With the economy the way it is, football (that’s “soccer”, for
wanted to know where you can pick up for nothing in an English it’s not exactly a great time for some of you) in this edition,
pick up the magazine on a shop or an Irish pub. The idea having a ball, especially if that visit Karlsruhe, and – in Laby-
regular basis. We now have a of the personal subscription is means going on a spending rinth – provide you with tips
list of distribution points, which threefold. First, many people spree. Shopping is not a popular about moving into a new home.
is growing daily, and which you live outside large cities in past-time in Germany at the Finally, thanks to all our readers
can look up on our Web site. Baden-Württemberg, and won’t moment. Nevertheless, new – old and young alike – who
(www.accents-magazine.de) be able to pick up the magazine shopping centres are springing wrote in for our two Christmas
We will also print this list in the so easily every two months up all over Baden-Württemberg competitions. Feast away and
magazine at a later date. We at a distribution point. Second, – and we are to blame! English we’ll see you on the other side
haven’t yet managed to reach a subscriber will have accents speakers, that is. Shopping of January!
each and every corner of home delivered before it’s trends from English-speaking
Baden-Württemberg, so bear distributed publicly. Finally, and countries are influencing local accents magazine
with us. We’ve also had a lot of more important, subscribing to retail trends. Read our feature editorial team
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Letters Twas the night before Christmas…
Schwäbisch Style
to the Editor Twas the night before Weihnachten, and all through the castle
The in-laws were visiting, oh what a hassle.
The stockings I’d hung from the chimney with care,
First edition well-received Were taken down swiftly when they started to stare.
“Nikolaustag war am sechsten Dezember,
Dear accents, That poor Ami-girl she can never remember.
I have just read your first edition and want to congratulate you. It’s a SHOE that he fills, not an oversized stocking.”
Though I’ve been living here for over seven years, I was entirely Then they laughed in a tone that was jolly, yet mocking.
unaware of the facilities available to English-speaking people in
the area. The layout and presentation of the magazine is terrific, The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
and it made for entertaining and informative reading. All the While visions of Spätzle danced in their heads.
very best for the future. Peggy-Anne Graham-Sechtem Papa in the Sauna, and I in my Schlafie,
Adding more whiskey to my strong Irish coffee.
The Editor,
How pleased I was to receive a copy of your magazine. It was When out on the Balkon there arose such a clatter,
like a breath of English air! A whiff of home. Yes, I still call I sprang from my Sessel to see what was the matter.
England home after living in B-W for over 50 years. Away to the Fenster I flew like a Blitz,
Dorothy Gläser-Noble, Schorndorf Cracked open the Rolladen, and peeked through the Schlitz.
Dear accents, The moon on the breast of the new fallen Schnee,
Congratulations. It’s about time someone took up where Steve Gave view of a man ... in a Mercedes sleigh.
& Anne (from The Written Word) left off. I couldn’t believe it, my gaze it was frozen!
Jeff Gomes, Deutsch-Australische-Freundschaft e.V. A white bearded man wearing red Lederhosen!
The sleigh he was driving was clean as a lick,
Dear Editor, I knew in a moment, it was schwäbisch St. Nick!
I just wanted to let you know that accents magazine is being
warmly received and read by visitors to our library. We’ve More rapid than a Porsche, his coursers they came,
nearly run out of copies of the first edition. You’ll have to send He whistled and shouted and called them by name:
double the amount next time. Now clean it! Now dust it!
Julia Arnold, Director, American Library, Karlsruhe Now kehren und saugen!
On wash it! On scrub it!
Dear accents, On Brezeln mit Laugen!
The article about bilingual children’s experiences in Germany
was so interesting that I sent a copy of it to my son and his His eyes how they twinkled! His nose red and gnarly.
English teacher, who live in Bavaria. Thanks! Alex Woodruff It looked like St. Nick liked his schwäbische Schorle.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work.
Dear accents, He dusted and polished, with a schwäbische quirk.
We very much enjoyed reading your article in Edition 01 about As I peeked from the stairway, tried not to smirk!
school children learning English. As promoters of the Neckar-
Alb region we’ve developed an advertisement related to this Then he sprang to his sleigh, where his reindeer did stand,
theme (Ed: see back page). The very positive reaction to our ad But being a German, he first shook my hand.
shows that we’ve struck the right chord at the right time. Anja Seeing no presents I yelled, „Nicky, nicht fahren!“
Neuhaus, Project Manager, Region Neckar Alb, IHK, Reutlingen His schwäbische reply, „Wir müssen doch sparen!“
I sighed to myself as he drove out of sight,
accents magazine Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Libanonstraße 58, 70184 Stuttgart,
editor@accents-magazine.de By Liz Gaiser
This was the question we posed to readers occasionally on the BBC World Service (12 years ago) it has become a Plochingen
in the first edition of accents. We found radio. So I decided to teach my Volkshoch- tradition enjoyed by locals and visitors from
this response the most inspiring. Here’s schule classes to sing them. Gradually, we all around. Come and join us this year on
the story of someone who heartily missed built up a repertoire. When I explained how Sunday, December 19 th, at 3:30 pm! (Hot
something at Christmas – and decided to people gathered on December 24 th, near punch is available to warm up cold toes.)
do something about it. the Christmas tree on Trafalgar Square in Ann Noisternig, Ebersbach
London, to sing carols every year, one class
What I missed most about Christmas was member suggested we do the same thing Ann wins this PONS picture dictionary.
singing carols. There are many lovely Ger- in front of the Christmas tree in the Ploch- Other entries to receive a PONS prize
man carols, of course. But I could only join ingen market place! We chose the Sunday include David Skevington of Freiburg and
in singing the old traditional English ones afternoon before December 24 th. Since then Steven Trevallion of Kirchentellinsfurt.
Staying Active
US election
Photo: www.johnkerry.com
Photo: www.georgebush.com
over, but US political activists in Baden-
Württemberg are not going to sit around
waiting for the next presidential cam-
paign. Katharine Schmidt reports.
It’s all over. Bush beat Kerry. Or, in other
words, Republican President George W.
Bush defeated his Democrat rival, Senator
John F. Kerry, in the US Presidential election
in early November. Campaign commercials
are fading from memory and strategists in
both major political parties are busy once
again with the daily grind of politics. But in membership double and the number of Gary Anderson, professor of political science
Germany and in other European countries, country committees increase from 28 to 70 at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen,
expatriate voters are promising to remain since the 2000 election, wants to “keep says the major political parties are now
active, following an unprecedented increase that energy going,” according to international paying more attention to expatriate voters
in their level of participation in an election. spokeswoman Sharon Manitta. Within days than when he first started teaching in
Political activism usually drops off after of the Democrats’ defeat, Manitta and Germany in the late 1980 s. “They’re trying
a presidential election, according to Henry other members of the organization met in to get votes from any corner they can.”
Nickel, chairman of Republicans Abroad in Amsterdam to begin making plans for the The two major business organizations linking
Germany. But that’s not the case this time. next four years. Democratic activists in US and German companies differed slightly
“People are e-mailing me, calling me, and Baden-Württemberg say that while they are in their post-election statements. The
asking, ‘What comes next?’” says Nickel. disappointed with the results of this year’s American Chamber of Commerce in Ger-
“They’re fired up. We’ve got a lot of enthu- presidential election, they will stay involved many says that following the election it
siastic people.” Says Republicans Abroad in US politics. “We’re looking toward the expects the traditionally good economic
president in Stuttgart, John Gerrish: “For a future,” says Charles Keene, chairman relations between Germany and the US to
long time Americans outside the USA were of the Heidelberg chapter of Democrats continue. The German-American Business
not politically involved or active. This year Abroad. “When appointments to the Club, however, says: “It’s more important
more of them voted, just like Americans Supreme Court come up, we’ll be running a than ever to develop the important relation-
inside the USA.” postcard-writing campaign to the senators ship between German and American busi-
Democrats Abroad, which has seen and representatives in our home states.” nesses.”
A dose of 42nd Street helps the medicine children, parents and medical staff. One ill stop laughing at the spectacle, reported
go down – or at least it did at a Tübingen child in particular, who had not smiled since doctors. The 42nd Street cast and crew
hospital in autumn. Michelle Anderson the day she’d arrived at hospital, could not donated their time, Stuttgart’s public trans-
reports. portation authority (SSB) donated the use
Touched by the way the medical staff at
Photo: APOLLO Theater Stuttgart
A new international business forum has that many business people face similar
been founded in Baden-Württemberg, legal, accounting and trading problems,
aimed at promoting foreign trade, particularly says Jordan. “They can then work together
trade with the United Kingdom. The Inter- to find solutions to those problems.”
national Entrepreneurs Forum is a creation
of the British Chamber of Commerce in
B-W. The idea is to allow business leaders
to gather to discuss issues of mutual
concern away from the everyday stress of
commercial dealings.
“Business groups and clubs do already
exist for B-W employers interested in inter-
national trade. But we wanted to create
something different,” explains Helmut
Jordan, British Chamber of Commerce
chairman in B-W. “Business people need a
relaxed atmosphere where they can freely
exchange views with colleagues. During
normal business negotiations business Founders of the
people have to pay attention to every word International
Entrepreneurs
they’re saying. A forum for a free exchange Forum. Third from
of ideas will be an asset.” right: Helmut Jordan.
An open discussion of issues often reveals
Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum
Beer and tea
James-F.-Byrnes-Institut e.V.
Charlottenplatz 17
Stuttgart Book Fair
(Inner courtyard, entrance 3)
70173 Stuttgart
Telephone 0711 228180 Beer drinking in Britain is an art form in December 10 th. Four different kinds of tea
www.daz.org itself – so say drinking experts. Whereas will be drunk and there will be readings on
Germans prefer their beers to be light in the themes of tea and tea drinking.
colour, Brits don’t mind their ales being About 2,000 books from and about the
dark-red, brown or black. And, what’s UK will be on display at the Book Fair.
more, they can be served warm!
You can taste the delights of British
beers at a “Literary Beer Tasting” evening,
December 3 rd, as part of the Stuttgart The 54 th Stuttgart
Book Fair at the Haus der Wirtschaft. The Book Fair, 2004
Nov 18 - Dec 12
feature country at this year’s Book Fair, Daily 10 am - 8 pm
which runs until December 12 th, is the Haus der Wirtschaft
United Kingdom. Willi-Bleicher-
For a change of scene, you can also Straße 19, Stuttgart
www.buchwochen.de
attend a “Literary Tea Tasting” evening on
“Be Part of It!” The slogan rings out, in being approached by other clubs and orga-
One-Stop Shopping
This festive season, Christmas shoppers and New Year’s bargain hunters in
Baden-Württemberg will encounter a retail environment more and more influenced
by trends from English-speaking countries. Andrea Loper reports.
It’s Wednesday evening in a new shopping changing, with the introduction of credit- and work best in inner-city areas, or at the
mall near Stuttgart and everyone is on a card and bank-card payments, customer edges of cities, where there are links to
mission. Couples hurry in and out of grocery appreciation days, coupons, discounts days, public transportation, and where one can
stores, mothers try to quieten small children store chain newsletters, interactive web- wander through the city streets as well.”
while they chat with shopkeepers, friends sites and – most significantly – longer
meet for coffee, teenagers gather to com- shopping hours. All of these innovations Glass Galleries
pare their latest purchases. It’s just another are imports from overseas. Another import
extended evening of retail therapy. But is the huge American-style shopping mall, Shopping galleries, as they are popularly
it’s not a scene you would have found in which offers the convenience of a multi- called in Germany, are springing up all over
Baden-Württemberg just a few years ago. tude of shops under one roof, with plenty Baden-Württemberg. It remains a challenge,
First of all, shops wouldn’t have been open of parking, and areas within the mall to however, to find the required space for
at this time during the week. And second, take a break. such centres in the patchwork-quilt struc-
the building of this new shopping mall might “Shopping malls have certainly gained a ture of many German cities. And when the
not have attracted investors had it not been foothold in Germany but that doesn’t mean real estate can be found, the investment
for a gradual shift in German preferences the USA-style shopping model is always a costs can be high due to the several decks
to American-style malls that group large success here,” says Rüdiger Pleus, from of parking and the underground technical
retail stores, smaller shops and bistro-style the German Council of Shopping Centers. facilities that are required. Still, German
eateries. “In the United States there are so-called cities are approving planning permits for
US and Anglo shopping trends are slowly urban entertainment centers – massive these scaled-down malls, and happily boast-
changing the face of the German shopping shopping centers built in the empty green ing about their new shopping environments.
landscape, albeit not without local influence belts around a city, with shops and cinemas The latest is the SchwabenGalerie in
on the overall design. And some local tradi- and a bowling alley and stages with non- Stuttgart-Vaihingen. The closing of the
tions, particularly in the Christmas season, stop entertainment – they just don’t work Schwabenbräu Brewery made it possible to
are holding their own. here. This idea of linking shopping with redevelop an entire block in the center of
It used to be that Germans favored ‘pleasure’, creating a sort-of ‘shopping Vaihingen. With a 125-million euro invest-
shopping in small, local stores and paid for pleasure park’ just hasn’t taken off in ment by local businessman Rudi Häussler,
everything in cash. But those habits are Germany.” this atrium-style shopping center is located
What is ‘in’, according to Pleus, is the right in the heart of the neighborhood.
development of another type of shopping It boasts an underground parking lot and
Esslingen’s Christmas mall, one which borrows from the American 45 shops and businesses under one roof.
market includes experience but is adapted to German shop- It also has a community center and a 400-
a medieval market
complete with music, ping needs and conditions: the downtown seat theater. The SchwabenGalerie is also
pantomime and mall. “Roofed-over shopping malls are being close to bus, subway and suburban train
games. built,” says Pleus, “But they’re smaller connections.
“We certainly have borrowed from inter- hours.” markets. There’s a special atmosphere you
national shopping trends and ideas for Longer opening hours and greater con- don’t get in shopping malls,” says Bernd
the design and operation of this shopping venience for car drivers may be overseas Böllinger, manager of Stuttgart’s Christmas
center,” says SchwabenGalerie manager influences but Bettina Schmid says the market. “There are lots of toys, decorations,
Bettina Schmid. “As in the United States, Schwaben Galerie doesn’t follow the candles, handmade crafts, pottery and other
we think it’s very important that shopping American mall model slavishly. “It’s very artifacts you won’t find in large stores. And
in a big center becomes an enjoyable, a much a German shopping center,” she the scent of cinnamon, marzipan, roasted
pleasurable experience. We wanted to put says. “We don’t have non-stop entertain- almonds – and, of course, Glühwein (a hot,
shopping, eating and parking all under one ment on a stage, as one sees in America ... sweet alcoholic drink) – fills the air.”
roof.” We don’t have central air-conditioning ... Some Christmas markets offer further
A gradual liberalization of shop opening And we don’t have a fully-staffed infor- attractions. The city of Esslingen, for
hours in Germany over the last decade mation desk in the center – that would be example, stages a special medieval market.
has made it possible for this new wave of too expensive here.“ Traditionally dressed craftsmen and trades-
smaller-scale shopping malls to succeed. women sell unique, handmade gifts. There
“Opening hours are gradually becoming Shopping alternatives are displays of magic, fire-eating, traditional
more flexible and that’s a trend that’s art and craftwork, and games from the
borrowed from overseas,” says Schmid. Managers and owners of new, inner-city Middle Ages, while music is played on
“It definitely would have been difficult to malls have to be wary of offending small medieval instruments and actors stage
have built the SchwabenGalerie with the shop owners just outside their doors. Many centuries-old pantomimes.
opening hours of seven or eight years ago. Germans still prefer to do their shopping in It’s not only Germans who are attracted
Greater flexibility has opened up opport- smaller specialty stores, or combine a visit to Christmas markets. Baden-Württemberg
unities for centers like this to be built.” to a mall with a stroll through the city center lures more foreign visitors to its festive
The 1200-space, fully-lit, underground – especially if there’s a Christmas market seasonal markets than any other region of
parking garage is another attraction. Not in town. Germany. More than half a million foreign-
every German shopping center has invested Christmas market stall owners don’t ers visit Stuttgart’s Christmas market
so heavily in parking. Shoppers and shop provide large-scale parking, a constant alone. Visitors arrive by the busload from,
assistants alike see the advantages. “I indoor temperature, and all-under-one-roof above all, Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy
like working here because there’s lots of shopping. Instead, their customers are and Spain to hunt for Christmas bargains
parking,” says Harry Reith, a Media forced to huddle in the freezing cold, sand- and to soak up the atmosphere.
Markt employee. “It’s easy for customers wiched between thousands of others, and Although German retailers are borrowing
(and staff) to get here by train or by car.” wander between small huts asking, “How more and more retail ideas from the English-
Shopper Udo Josef agrees: “I’ll come here much does this cost?” every minute. But speaking world, and attracting customers
more often now because it’s convenient many Germans argue nothing beats shop- in the process, there are some uniquely
and parking is easier – if I buy something, ping in a Christmas market. “There’s some- German shopping experiences which won’t
parking is free for the first one-and-a-half thing unique about Germany’s Christmas be going out of fashion in a hurry.
Karlsruhe
Loved by Goethe
and Voltaire:
Karlsruhe’s famous
palace.
In the early part of the 18 th Century, home of Germany’s Federal High Court and It’s also a city of bike riders and cycling
Margrave Karl Wilhelm, the grand ruler of the Federal Constitutional Court. events. In fact, one stage of the Tour de
Baden, had a dream. He envisaged a But it’s not only a city of grand buildings France – the world’s most famous bike
star-shaped city with a radial layout. A city and important lawyers. Karlsruhe also race – first came to Karlsruhe in 1987.
without walls. That vision gave birth to a carries the honorary title of the “Green And the next Tour de France, to be staged
city on the Rhine River floodplain between Metropolis,” ever since it hosted the in July 2005, will also feature Karlsruhe.
the Black Forest and the Vosges mountain National Garden Show in 1967. The city has If you’re a cycling fan, get to Karlsruhe on
range in France – the city of Karlsruhe. been expanding its gardens and public July 8 th to see the finish of the seventh
Karlsruhe was founded with the laying parks continually since then, as it’s been stage of the Tour, when the world’s best
of a cornerstone for a lavish royal residence doing with its light-rail network. If you want cyclists come charging across the French/
on June 17 th, 1715. The palace was much to visit a city with relatively few traffic German border to finish a 225-kilometre
loved by, among others, Voltaire, Goethe jams, and clean, well-maintained trams and leg in Karlsruhe.
and Napoleon, and the construction of trains, then visit Karlsruhe. Its extensive Then again, if you want to experience
many more grand buildings followed. Today, public transport network attracts trans- the peace and quiet of “Karl’s repose” pick
Karlsruhe is home to more than 270,000 portation experts from around the world. another day to visit.
people. Nationally, it’s known as a centre They marvel that a system can function so
for the administration of justice: it’s the efficiently.
Town-twinning or ‘sister city’ partner- friends along the way, and we are visible,
ships – an outdated concept that doesn’t in both Karlsruhe and Nottingham. My Factfile
make sense in today’s high-tech world, counterpart Alma Shipman (President of
right? Not if you look at Karlsruhe’s the Nottingham-Karlsruhe Friendship Club) 67 communities in Baden-Württem-
partnership with Nottingham in the UK. and I try to make our activities interesting berg have twins in UK territories.
Thomas Ravel reports. and relevant to people in our communities.
We’ve been able to draw on the goodwill One of the oldest is Stuttgart/
I’m beginning to get used to being wrong. of city officials to help with initiatives to St. Helens, dating back to 1948 when
When I set out to start researching a story strengthen our links. Of course, more direct St. Helens donated glass for church
on the relevance of town-twinning in a fast- financial support would allow us to do windows in Stuttgart.
moving, on-line world, I reckoned a few more. But this is a community activity and
words would just about sum it up. But the communities may in future need to find Karlsruhe/Nottingham and Tübingen/
taking a look at a cross section of towns in more financial assistance themselves”. County Durham celebrated 35 th
Baden-Württemberg with partners in the A look at the range of activities which anniversaries in 2004, and Freiburg/
United Kingdom, I made some surprising the DEF offers in Karlsruhe is impressive: a Guildford their 25 th.
discoveries. regular English Conversation Circle; English
I suppose I’d envisaged town-twinning film evenings; bicycle tours and outings; Stuttgart/Cardiff will celebrate their
arrangements involving a statutory once- and participation in the annual Europe Day 50 th anniversary in 2005.
a-year exchange of civic officials accom- events each May. There are also exchanges
panied by much mutual back-slapping and between Nottingham and Karlsruhe.
plenty of hearty dinners at the taxpayers’ Groups of club members visit each other town council official laments: “We used to
expense. Or at the most, lethargy and to keep the community links alive. Christa have no problem getting an annual exchange
dormancy. Fellow cynics, prepare for a Fuß is particularly proud of efforts to raise with schools in our UK partner town. Now
shock! I discovered a network of dedicated Nottingham’s profile locally: for the last it’s getting so difficult we’re looking at an
and motivated people in places like Ravens- four years Karlsruhe and Notthingham have exchange in Ireland.”
burg, Aalen and Karlsruhe who work tire- had a joint stand at the Karlsruhe Christmas Hard work is required to maintain ex-
lessly to build bridges between their cities market. Also, to the bemusement of the changes and twinning links, admits Christa
and their chosen partner communities in locals, the DEF stages an annual pancake Fuß. “It’s not enough for a town council to
the UK. race each February on Karlsruhe’s Markt- try to establish a twinning link on a whim,”
Taking a closer look at Karlsruhe, I found platz. Long may it continue! she says. “There has to be a solid group
a well-functioning twinning link. With some The chief problems for twinning enthu- of people in the community on both sides,
razzmatazz, the Deutsch-Englischer Freun- siasts seem to be a lack of finance and a linked by mutual interests, to see it through.”
deskreis (DEF) in Karlsruhe celebrated its lack of time rather than a lack of interest. Mark Twigg agrees. “I welcome anything
25 th anniversary this year, and is a driving But more recently, another problem has done at any level to correct the stereo-
force behind Karlsruhe’s relationship with emerged: changing language interests in typical views of Germany that are still pre-
Nottingham in the East Midlands region of the UK. As Mark Twigg, British Consul valent in the UK. Politicians and diplomats
England. General in Stuttgart puts it: “Spanish are a necessary part of the mix and can
All well and good, but do people today has now replaced German as the second be vital but they come and go. What really
really notice the difference this partnership foreign language in a large number of UK matters is that friendships generated by
has made? Christa Fuß, President of the schools, and general student exchanges these links are sustained and grow.”
DEF has no doubts. “We’ve made so many are no longer as easy to arrange.” One Hear! Hear!
On October 16, the great Irish playwright excesses of capitalism in moral tirades, Marquess of Queensbury, denounced Wilde
Oscar Wilde received a resounding tribute Wilde lampooned the manners of the late as a sexual predator who was preying upon
at Stuttgart’s Theater der Altstadt for his Victorian London elite in a manner which his vulnerable son. Reacting to the slander,
150 th birthday. That evening, the theatre’s enthralled the very people he was mocking. Wilde fatefully sued Queensbury for libel.
artistic director, Susanne Heidenreich, The libel suit, which at first had an element
and British actor Brian D. Barnes led the Flamboyant Mother of farce, soon turned ugly. The evidence
audience in a hearty round of “Happy Birth- formed the basis of two criminal prosecu-
day” to Wilde. Oscar O’Flahertie Fingal Wills Wilde was tions against Wilde. Although he could
Barnes had just finished performing his born into a Protestant Irish family in Dublin, easily have escaped to Paris, Wilde decided
popular one-man-show, The Provocative on October 16 th, 1854. His father, the to stay and defend his principles. He was
Oscar Wilde. “My agent came up with the surgeon Sir William Wilde, was once dogged convicted in the second trial of sexual
title for my show,” says Barnes. “When by a scandal. In 1864 one of his patients practices referred to as ‘gross indecency’.
I told him the show was not really very complained to the press that she’d been In May, 1895 he was sentenced to two
provocative, he said ‘Oh, but the man given an anesthetic and sexually abused years’ hard labour. Mentally and physically
was!’ And he’s right: there are very few while unconscious. Fortunately, Oscar’s weakened in prison, Wilde died bankrupt
authors who provoke as much discussion powerful mother, Lady Jane Wilde, was not and isolated under the pseudonym of
and questioning as Oscar Wilde does.” afraid of public opinion. A tall, witty, Irish Sebastian Melmoth in a Paris hotel in
In fact, the two pioneering spirits of nationalist poet and pamphleteer, Lady Jane November, 1900.
modern English satirical drama were both Wilde displayed a challenging eccentricity More recently, Oscar Wilde has been
Irish. George Bernard Shaw and Oscar throughout her life. She not only wrote and hailed as a homosexual hero and, to some
Wilde, with their outrageous wit and dra- campaigned politically under the name of extent, a martyr. His tragic fate has been
matic skills, changed the nature of English Speranza (spirit of the nation), but taught well researched and dramatized. Why then
theatre. Whereas Shaw attacked the her son to see the world as a stage upon has his grandson and biographer, Merlin
which life should be acted out theatrically. Holland, found it so important to publish a
After studying classics in Dublin and new book, called The Real Trial of Oscar
Baden-Württemberg winning a scholarship to Oxford, the gifted Wilde, about the libel trial?
visitor: Oscar scholar Wilde moved to London to seek “I think it’s important that we get the
Wilde’s grandson,
Merlin Holland. fame and fortune. He was 22. Following his truth without the sensationalism,” says
mother’s example as a brilliant social wit, Holland, who visited the Stuttgart Book Fair
Oscar staged incidents in real life while at in November. “Up until now we’ve never
the same time creating biting satires on the actually seen a proper transcript of the trial.
hypocrisies of middle-class, London society. Here, we’ve got the actual words as they
He cast himself as a playboy, whose inter- were used. Oscar’s own account of his
action with friends and acquaintances was position is firm and serious. On the other
a studied exercise in witty repartee. To add hand, the crown prosecutor Sir Edward
even more of a stage character to his life, Carson’s intimidating manner of cross-
he had his fashionable clothes tailored as examination certainly comes over.”
theatrical costumes. His attempt to lead
a more conventional life, by marrying Wilde the Scapegoat?
Constance Lloyd in 1884, lasted only two
years. Though he did his best to support Holland’s book adds to suspicions that
his wife and two sons, he abandoned the British establishment was determined
domesticity in favour of a homosexual life- to destroy Oscar Wilde. Edward Carson
style which challenged public morality. was, like Oscar Wilde, an Irish Protestant.
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Says Brian Barnes: “When his sexuality But he was a conservative anti-separatist,
became public, when he paraded his young who later became an icon of militant Ulster
pick-ups around London, it became too Unionism. Apart from the obvious hostility
much for high society. I mean the places of Carson to the Irish nationalism of the
he took them were pretty posh!” Wilde family, Oscar’s affair with Bosie
Wilde’s downfall was triggered by his threatened to expose scandals within the
infatuation for a young aristocrat, Lord British political establishment. Bosie’s older
Alfred Douglas or ‘Bosie’, as Wilde called brother, Drumlanrig, was said to have en-
him. Bosie’s father, the homophobic joyed a close homosexual partnership with
Christmas Reading
Book reviews
‘Tis the season of non-stop festive events. Western civilization. Starting with ancient
The first few dinners were pleasant Greece, it continues into the early 20 th
enough, but now you’ve run out of con- century, describing changes in diet and
versation material. Perhaps this selection protocol through the ages. The grand scale
of books will bring some peace of mind. and aristocratic settings which provide
the background for this book may not
Feast: A History of Grand Eating, seem very much in keeping with the turkey
by Roy Strong roasting in your kitchen oven, but it might
Pimlico, 349 pages provide some perspective on your next
This is a scholarly history of feasting in dinner party.
Football Idol
Kevin Kuranyi
Who is Kevin Kuranyi? We put this ques- Is there a personal reason why you are so
Football Quiz
That’s “soccer” for some
We’ve got a great book – donated 6. Which nation won Euro 2004? Football: The Ultimate Guide to the
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hat-trick in his first game this season? and for all those who feel the need to know
1. What English Premier League club do more about the sport. Aspects of the
Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Freddie 9. Who was the second VfB Stuttgart game are described in detail and there
Ljungberg play for? player to score a hat-trick this season in are tips for players of all levels as well as
the 3-2 away victory at Kaiserslautern? advanced strategies and tactics for games.
2. In which year did VfB Stuttgart last win
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Here is a selection of books where the Like a wished-for but never-received kiss, Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
main characters happen to be children. there is a lingering longing, a speculative Harper Collins, 285 pages
Confronted with incomprehensible adults, “What if?” that haunts this novel. Harriet, Another Harriet, also 12 years old, lives in
these children undertake to influence a a precociously intelligent 12-year-old, faced New York City. She’s an aspiring writer who
world they are forced to be a part of. The with her brother’s disturbing death more spies on her friends and neighbours. Her
first, written for adults, is the kind of book than a decade before, tries to find out why disarmingly honest observations are jotted
a sly child would read under the covers it happened. “What if Robin had lived? down in her notebook. When her notebook
with a torch. The second is written for What if the murderer is found? Will mother is read by her classmates and friends,
children, but the harsh honesty of the main be normal again?” she asks. This book is Harriet is faced with big changes. This book
character make it insightful reading for so beautifully written, it sticks in every appeals to children because of its sense of
adults. And the last book is a true crossover: crevice of the mind unwilling to let itself be cheekiness and adventure. But the wisps
written for adults who haven’t forgotten forgotten. There are no easy answers to of wisdom from a child growing up blow
how to be kids, or for grown-up kids. the untidiness of Harriet’s life – her deeply like a fresh breeze through the confined
private attempts to solve life’s mysteries adult world of social expectations and con-
The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt make it possible for her to get up every ventions. As Harriet writes: “I shouldn’t go
Bloomsbury, 555 pages morning to face each new day. round with blinders but should see every
way I can. Then I’ll know what way I want
to live and not just live like my family.”
Festive Writing
By accents’ young readers
Many thanks for the responses to our meal. On December 25 th we get the cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for
Christmas Competition, in which we presents, and on the 26 th we have lunch Rudolph and made sure the chimney was
asked you to describe what makes your with our grandparents, aunts, uncles, and clear so they could come down with all
Christmas different from a traditional cousins. Vanessa, aged 14 the presents. And then when you woke
German Christmas. We’ve picked three up the next morning, you got to open all
of our favourite responses. I remember my first Christmases in your gifts and play with them all day long.
America because we lived there for two- Now I live back in Germany again and I
It was one of my Christmas wishes to and-a-half years. Almost overnight the like the German way of celebrating Christ-
celebrate an American Christmas. So last atmosphere changed from Halloween and mas as well ... We keep our Christmas
year, on Christmas Eve, my dad, my mom, Thanksgiving into the Christmas season. tree until January 6 th and don’t tear every-
my sister, grandmother, grandfather, and Hundreds of lights decorated every house thing down on the 26 th like they do in
my uncle and I were only allowed to open and there were always fancy creatures in the States. Plus we have a lot more holi-
one present. At night Santa came to bring the front yards, such as Rudolph the Red- days, so it’s not all over in 24 hours!
his presents. Now here’s the funny part. Nosed Reindeer. My parents always took Anna, aged 6
My grandparents and my uncle did not me for walks in the evening so we could
stay at our house. So on the morning of look at all the decorations. And one night,
Christmas Day they put on their clothes we had the big “Christmas tree lighting”
over their pyjamas, and at our house they in the middle of our town. The whole
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simply took off (their coats so that) every- neighborhood gathered and there was
body was in pyjamas! Then we were carol singing and this giant Christmas tree
allowed to open the rest of our presents. was totally in the dark until we counted
Afterwards we had a Christmas break- down from 10 to 0, and then all of a sud-
fast. Yana, aged 10 den it was all lit up! Of course Santa was
there too, and you could stand in line and
Every year our Christmas is a mixture of wait to sit on his lap and have a little chat
British, French and German traditions. to make sure he knew ALL your wishes
On Christmas Eve we sing carols and tell ... The night before Christmas was
stories; we go to church and have a nice always very exciting. We set out some
Aalen
Event Jan 28, 8 pm, Rosengarten,
Mozartsaal
Offenburg
Christmas Dinner Lord of the Dance
Round Table (English acting group) Dec 10, 8 pm, Ortenauhalle
Dec 11, 6:30 pm, Torhaus Stuttgart
Bookings: Uschi 07361 42679 Ismael Ivo –
Freiburg Delirium of a Childhood
England’s “forgotten” North-East Dance, Dec 2-4, 8 pm,
An English weekend with Wilhelma Theater, Neckartal-
Dr. Roger Charlton, Saarbrücken straße 9, www.wilhelma-theater.de
Dr. Karl Kunibert Schäfer, Freiburg
Jan 28-30, registration req.,
Waldhof e.V., 0761 67134,
www.waldhof-freiburg.de
Gengenbach
Adventskalender
World’s biggest advent calendar
Nov 30 - Jan 6, 6 pm, Rathaus
www.gengenbachkult.de
Heidelberg
Friends of the DAI Party
For members and non-members
Dec 4, 8 pm, Deutsch-Amerika-
nisches Institut, Sofienstraße 12,
06221 60730, www.dai-heidelberg.de
New Year’s Party at the DAI
Dec 31, 8 pm, see above
Word Up! – Poetry Slam
Poet vs. poet at the DAI
Dec 18, 8 pm, see above
Lörrach
22. Oberrheinische Narrentage
Carnival Event Psalms, Benjamin Britten
Jan 15-16, www.narrentag2005.de Exhibitions Dec 4, 7 pm, and Dec 5, 6 pm,
Reutlingen Martinskirche Sindelfingen
Carnival Parade
Jan 23, downtown
Stuttgart
Oliver!
By Lionel Barth. Musical based
on Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”
Exhibitio
Schwäbisch Hall
Stuttgart Singers
Dec 13, 7 pm, Krankenhaus,
Arthur-Gruber-Strasse, Sindelfingen
54 th Stuttgart Book Fair Dec 3, 4, 10, 11 and Old Masters Green Day
Guest country: United Kingdom Jan 7, 8, 14, 15 at 7:30 pm, Fürstenberg Collection, ‘American Idiot’ Tour 2005
Nov 18 - Dec 12, Haus der Dec 5, 11, 12 and Jan 9, 15, 16 Oct 16 - May 5, Kunsthalle Würth, Jan 15, Sporthalle Böblingen
Wirtschaft, Willi-Bleicher-Straße 19, at 3:30 pm www.kunst.wuerth.com Freiburg
www.buchwochen.de Stuttgart Theatre Center – Kelley Stuttgart John Lee Hooker Jr.
Holiday on Ice “Diamond Dreams” Theatre, Kelley Barracks, Vaihingen “Modernisms” Dec 12, 8 pm, Jazzhaus,
Dec 8-12, Schleyerhalle, general public welcome, tickets Drawings and prints 1900-1930, www.jazzhaus.de
www.holidayonice.de 0711 7292825, www.kelleytheatre.de Hungarian National Gallery, Heidenheim
55 th Int. Calendar Show The Goat or Who is Sylvia Museum of Fine Arts Budapest Manfred Mann’s Earthband
With 36 th Int. KODAK Photo By Edward Albee, directed by and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Dec 18, 8 pm, Karl-Rau-Halle,
Calendar Prize, Jan 21 - Feb 13, Charles C. Urban, NEAT Oct 16 - Jan 23 Karlsruhe
Haus der Wirtschaft New English American Theatre “Funny Cuts” John Lee Hooker Jr.
Dec 9-11, 8 pm, Cartoons and comics Dec 13, 8 pm, Jubez, www.jubez.de
kkt – Kommunales Kontakt Theater, in contemporary art Ludwigsburg
Stage Kissingerstraße 66 a, Bad Cannstatt Dec 4 - April 17, Staatsgalerie, US Army European Band & Choir
www.kkt-stuttgart.de, Dec 8, Forum am Schlosspark
Stage
Böblingen/Sindelfingen
www.neat-theater.de
Spirits at Christmas
An Irish Christmas: a one act
www.staatsgalerie.de
Tübingen
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Caledonix
Scottish music, Dec 18, 8 pm,
Smirnov’s Moscow City Ballet musical play, New English American Sept 18 - Jan 9, Kunsthalle Tübingen Hofkaffee, Hertslenweiler
Dec 16, 8 pm, Stadthalle Sindelfingen Theatre, Dec 12-13, 8 pm, Kommu- www.kunsthalle-tuebingen.de Stuttgart
Festival of Illusions/ nales Kontakt Theater, see above Mexico! Ian Anderson plays
Magicians’ Congress A Christmas Carol Tina Modotti and Edward Weston Orchestral Jethro Tull
Jan 5, 8 pm, Jan 9, 3 pm and 7 pm, Brian D Barnes’ One Man Photography, Dec 13-23, Jan 10 - Dec 6, 8 pm,
Convention Center, Theatre version of the Charles Feb 11, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Liederhalle, Beethovensaal
Stadthalle Sindelfingen Dickens classic, Dec 15-17, 8 pm, Institut, Karlstraße 3 Fast Eddy’s Blues Band
Heidelberg Theater der Altstadt “Bordell und Boudoir” Dec 16, 9 pm, Classic Rock Cafe
Cinderella Romeo & Juliet Works by Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse- Soweto Gospel Choir
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s TNT Theatre Britain and the Lautrece and Picasso, Jan 22 - From South Africa. Traditional
hallmark musical, Dec 10, 11, 17, 18 American Drama Group Europe May 22, Kunsthalle, see above African gospel mixed with modern
and Jan 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, Live music, powerful choreography Western spirituals. Dec 25-29,
at 7:30 pm, Dec 12, 19 (special and a simple performance style 8 pm, Dec 26 also 3:30 pm,
ACS/EFMP Invited Performance) Dec 16, 17, at 4 and 8 pm, Music Liederhalle
and Jan 9, 16 at 3 pm Wilhelma Theater, see above Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Patton Barracks, Bldg 109,
general public welcome,
tickets 06221 175020,
Rocky Horror Show
The Original London Production
March 18, 8 pm,
Music
Böblingen/Sindelfingen
Jan 12, 8 pm, Liederhalle,
Beethovensaal
ECLAT –
www.roadsidetheater.com Liederhalle, Hegelsaal Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Stuttgart New Music Festival
Freiburg
Lecture With Laurence Stallings and Scott
Stelle, Dec 17 at 6:45 pm, d.a.i.,
see above
Nottingham Stall
at the Christmas Market
Organized by the German-English
Ulm
Weihnachtsmarkt
Nov 22 - Dec 22, 10 am
Arab Cinema: Friendship Club together with (Sun 11 am) - 8:30 pm, Münsterplatz
History and Cultural Identity friends from Nottingham, Karlsruhe’s Weil der Stadt
Lecture: Cinema and the Middle Film twin-city. Helpers welcome! Weihnachtsmarkt
East/Hollywood und Orient, Prof Dec 8-12, Call 0721 74623 Dec 4, 9 am, downtown
Viola Shafik, American University,
Cairo, Jan 18, 8 pm,
university bldg KG III, Hörsaal 3044,
Film
Freiburg
Carol Singing
The Pitchblenders choir
assisted by a children’s choir Kids
www.carl-schurz-haus.de Monday Night at the Movies from the European School.
Finding a Job in English
CV and Cover Letter, Andy Larrew,
USA, Jan 19, 6:30 pm, Carl-Schurz-
(with the Carl-Schurz-Haus)
All movies with an introduction
by Prof. Dr. Jon Adams
Dec 11, 4 pm, Kleine Kirche,
Kaiserstaße/Kreuzstraße
Konstanz Heidelberg
Kids
Haus Library, Kaiser-Joseph-Straße and discussion afterwards: Christmas Market on the Lake Story Time for Kids
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Two nations? 2003, director: Robert Benton Ludwigsburg Dec 13, 4:30 pm, d.a.i., see above
Race Relations and the Situation Jan 10, Spartan , USA 2004, Baroque Christmas Market Karlsruhe
of African Americans Today director: David Mamet Nov 25 - Dec 22, Marktplatz Stories for Kids ages 6 and up:
Dr. Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson, Mannheim Apple Tree Christmas
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