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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: The Legend of the Lorelei
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. The Legend of the Lorelei. Published: 31st July 2007. Ich weiß nicht was soll es bedeuten. Daß ich so traurig bin;. Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten,. Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn. Heinrich Heine, 1823. I cannot divine what it meaneth,. This haunting nameless pain:. A tale of the bygone ages. Keeps brooding through my brain. Translation: Mark Twain, 1880. So starts the well-known poem. What's in a Name? Der Nibelunge...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Parasols - A Brief History
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Parasols - A Brief History. Published: 12th December 2007. When hearing the word parasol today, most people will probably think of those large parasols you find on beaches. Balconies, in gardens, beer gardens. And other sunny places that are frequented by people. Few people will know that these modern items are quite similar to those our ancestors had thousands of years ago. They are Old, Very Old. Via the old tradin...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: La Bocca Della Verita - The Mouth of Truth
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. La Bocca Della Verita - The Mouth of Truth. Published: 12th January 2007. The Bocca della Verità. The plaque can be visited in the entrance hall of the church 'Santa Maria in Cosmedin', on the Piazza Bocca Della Verità in Rome, Italy. Nowadays, the name 'Bocca della Verità' is a synonym for the marble mask, but this wasn't the case during the Middle Ages. When this term was commonly used for public letter boxes.
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Pharisee - a Coffee with Spirit
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Pharisee - a Coffee with Spirit. Published: 21st February 2008. High up in the north of Germany. On the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's most northern federal state. There is a small island called Nordstrand. It's what was left of the large island Strand after De grote Manndränke. With an extra something to warm them up on the long, cold, stormy and dark winter days? According to legend, a peasant by the n...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Traditional Pumpernickel
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Published: 18th August 2008. Ingredients for Pumpernickel; Photo by Bel. I've only had pumpernickel once - at the time I described it as corkboard soaked in treacle. But that was half a lifetime ago. I might like it now. It's probably not surprising that the size of the oven determined the number of loaves which could be baked in one batch. A smaller oven allowed for fewer, smaller loaves than a large oven. H...Nowad...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch - Eponym of Masochism
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch - Eponym of Masochism. Published: 13th July 2007. The term 'masochism', named after Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, will be known by many, as will be the term 'sadism', named after the Marquis de Sade. Both terms are commonly so closely linked (known as sado-masochism; a more recent term is BDSM. Which was first published in 1886. He described the desire of being tortured and hu...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving. Published: 10th January 2007. Today, Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving is celebrated every year, but just as is the case with Christmas. Few people in the Western Hemisphere are aware of the true meaning of this custom. In a time when many people just go to the supermarket. From seed to the fruits, vegetables. They buy, because nowadays all of these are available all year round. A thr...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Smiling
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Published: 11th June 2007. This is not on the original entry, but I can't use the photo the BBC applied, and I think this is just as nice. Smiles brighten up our days, and their forms are manifold. They are important in the arts. Literature, and music. A very well-known example in literature certainly is the Cheshire. Cat from Alice in Wonderland. Probably the most discussed smile in art is that of the Mona Lisa.
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Batteries - Energy on the Move
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Batteries - Energy on the Move. Published: 09th May 2007. Batteries: who doesn't know them, or use them in one way or another? Nowadays, they come in all shapes and sizes, and the electricity they can deliver varies greatly. They power watches. Laptops, wireless keyboards and wireless mice, radios. A battery is a device usually consisting of two different sorts of metals. In the 18th Century there was a flurry of exp...
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website: Traditional North German Food: Pears, French Beans and Bacon
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Factual Articles I wrote which were published on a BBC website. Monday, 24 January 2011. Traditional North German Food: Pears, French Beans and Bacon. Traditional North German Food. Pears, French Beans and Bacon. Published: 24th April 2009. Birnen, Bohnen und Speck. Pears, French beans and Bacon, also known as Gröner Hein. Probably best translated as: Green Henry), isn't really as damp as it first appears. The dish requires a certain variety of pear, known in Germany as Kochbirnen. Go for a variety that ...
