Anyone else enjoying the Germany season on the BBC? It's quite uneven, obviously; I could probably have done, for example, without Al Murray's sensational discovery that a lot of Germans are actually quite nice. Yes, Al. And where do you, of all people, get off, criticising "narrow-minded" attitudes at home?
But even his show had some interest to it, and I'm loving the BBC4 series on German art. The same guy did one on the art of Spain a couple of years ago, which I didn't think was all that, but perhaps because I know so little about the visual arts in Germany (Dürer to Friedrich to Dix and I'm about done), I've found this one really fascinating. I've never really thought of, say, painting as one of Germany's great cultural strengths--I think music, poetry, literature, philosophy, architecture--but I'm beginning to think the fault has lain with me.
The Krautrock docco was a repeat, I think? Good though.
Nothing yet on the beer. Sort it out, Beeb.
But even his show had some interest to it, and I'm loving the BBC4 series on German art. The same guy did one on the art of Spain a couple of years ago, which I didn't think was all that, but perhaps because I know so little about the visual arts in Germany (Dürer to Friedrich to Dix and I'm about done), I've found this one really fascinating. I've never really thought of, say, painting as one of Germany's great cultural strengths--I think music, poetry, literature, philosophy, architecture--but I'm beginning to think the fault has lain with me.
The Krautrock docco was a repeat, I think? Good though.
Nothing yet on the beer. Sort it out, Beeb.
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