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History is full of failed attempts to establish new currencies. So what makes crypto different?

The confusion and commotion over cryptocurrency often reminds me of the 19th-century German drama Faust. In Goethe’s masterpiece, the devil Mephistopheles offers an emperor the tantalising vision of limitless wealth through the printing of paper money.

The Conversation

Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it

Abortion is criminalised and stigmatised – and now the right has found a new female scapegoat in its US-style war on bodily autonomy, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

The Guardian - UK

From My 'Commonplace Book,' No. 9: Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner, and Adolf Hitler

There's nothing like a look back at Germany in the 1930s to help us appreciate that things are not as bad as they could be

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Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – what happens when we die

The Nobel prize winner pushes at the veil between this world and the next in the immersive tale of a solitary fisherman

The Guardian - UK

Let’s talk about Tokaji, the Hungarian wine that inspired Beethoven and Goethe

Its distinctive sweetness with contrasting acidity is still inspirational today

The Guardian - UK

Goethe: His Faustian Life by AN Wilson review – a messy hymn to a very modern man

The biographer and historian worships at the altar of the German writer and his magnum opus in an ambitious book that ties itself in knots

The Guardian - UK

Maini penalised for causing F2 Azerbaijan startline crash

Kush Maini has been penalised due to his role in the heavy crash that occurred at the start of the Formula 2 feature race in Azerbaijan.

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Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this

This morning, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) announced it was an error to cancel a scheduled concerto performance by British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham.

The Conversation

The big picture: sun worship in Sicily with Pia Riverola

The Spanish photographer’s new book captures the transformative power of sunshine on a beach beloved by Hemingway, Wilde and Goethe

The Guardian - UK

CM opens Goethe-Zentrum’s new building at Jawahar Nagar

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday inaugurated the own building of the Goethe-Zentrum in the city to house Germany’s language centre and the office of the Honorary Consul.

The Hindu

The relevance of humanities as resistance

The memories of the past, as in the 1960s, can provide the basis for the renewal of struggles and campaigns for social justice and freedom of inquiry

The Hindu

Osman Durrani obituary

Other lives: University lecturer whose specialisms included Goethe, Romantic poetry and German pop music

The Guardian - UK

The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life review – one from the heart

Feminist philosopher Clare Carlisle illuminates George Elliot’s love life as well as the nightmarish marriages in her novels

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