Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures
Adults had some strange ideas about what children should read in the 19th century. The cautionary tale, with appropriate punishments for transgression of the Christian moral code, served as both a warning and (theoretically) an entertainment. Only a milksop, goody-two-shoes could possibly find them readable. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) stands head and shoulders above these authors, satirising the genre…
The Ideas of March
People tell me that blogs are coming back into fashion as the Fediverse takes on the big beasts of corporate social media. As a Mastodon user since November 2022, I’m chuffed pink at the thought of Elon Musk running Twitter into the ground, and us mopping up those of its users who aren’t racists, bigots…
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The Belated Leap 