Helmut Schüller on God’s Mysterious Ways
“God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform!” my grandmother would tell me, quoting the poet William Cowper, in moments when my curiosity had stretched too far. She liked to retreat into literature to avoid unpleasantness and keep ‘unmentionables’ where they belong. I have wondered what she would have had to say about [...]
John Sailer: Gallerist of The Austrian Avant-Garde
Saturday, 15 March. It was just after 15:00, when I pushed open the door of Café Sperl and felt a blessed gust of warm air.…
Rathkolb: Revisiting Interwar History
For much of early March, it was nearly impossible to get historian Oliver Rathkolb on the phone. He did better with emails, dashing off two-to-five…
Krzysztof Michalski
So, the votes are in and Austria is aglow in the reflected glory of its two favourite sons, director Michael Hanecke and actor Christoph Waltz,…
Grand Illusion
There was still snow on the ground and a snap in the air at the end of February when suddenly shop windows sprouted spring fashions.…
Timna Brauer: Songstress on A World Stage
The first thing you notice about Timna Brauer is the hair, a massive voluptuous mane of curls, barely…
Renate Brauner: Keynesian in the Rathaus
In late February, the West and South sides of the Rathaus were still wrapped in gauze to contain…
Auer Borea & The Kreisky Forum: Solving Problems Through Dialogue
Given the roster of leading thinkers who cross her threshold, it’s surprising how many are unfamiliar with the…
Staging and Screening Anna Karenina
First published in 1887, the story of Anna Karenina still feels modern. Even 125 years later, Leo Tolstoy’s…