
Candice Gordon
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Beckett in Babylon is a 3 day programme a Babylon in Mitte that explores Samuel Beckett’s work in Germany, presented by Ireland Embassy Berlin. It features Beckett’s works for television, talks with Walter D. Asmus and Beckett scholars Mark Nixon and Dr. Nicholas Johnson, and the Berlin


A wonderful review of Declan Clarke's 'If I Fall, Don't Pick Me Up', which will have its Berlin Premiere on Thursday at commissioned and presented by Ireland Embassy Berlin elantepenultimomohicano.com/2025/02/punto-… . For info and tickets-> ireland.ie/en/germany/ber…

📢 Event announcement: legendary 🇮🇪 commentator George Hamilton (George Hamilton) will join us to share his greatest sporting stories & musical memories at events in Frankfurt, Munich & Berlin this June! 📅 When? 3, 4 + 5 June 2025 ℹ️Further info + tickets: ireland.ie/en/germany/ber…



Beckett-expert Dr Mark Nixon presented on Beckett's "German Fever", his multiple stays in 🇩🇪 & his fascination with the German language, among other things. Dr. Nixon then spoke about these topics with Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk Kultur- hör rein! deutschlandfunkkultur.de/german-fever-s…



Walter D. Asmus and Nicholas Johnson at Babylon Kino Berlin as part of Ireland Embassy Berlin Beckett in Babylon weekend, April 2025 Photograph by Adrian Dunbar 🎞️🎥🎞️



Samuel Beckett was born in Ireland and died in France, but he also had a lesser-known love affair with Germany 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 Professor Mark Nixon has chronicled the influence German culture had on Beckett: ireland.ie/en/germany/sam… #ThisIsIreland Ireland Embassy Berlin




Coming up at 6.00 pm on RTÉ lyric fm #TheLyricFeature "Der Musikmann - an Irishman in Cologne" David Brophy's first year as Chefdirigent of the #WDRRundfunkorchester.


"The starvation of Gaza can be measured in the jutting ribs of a 6-year-old girl." So begins Vivian Yee's report. Don't look away. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/wor…


War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures. May diplomacy silence the weapons!



