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10 of the best hotels in Berlin

A repurposed 19th-century public bathhouse, an old factory housing vintage caravans and a former Stasi spy hub are among the eclectic places to stay in the German capital Since opening 14 years ago, the Michelberger has built a community of both locals and tourists who flock to this historic factory turned modern boutique hotel. Nestled

Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell review what do we know about Jesus

Bissell was brought up within the church and leaving it has not stifled his fascination with early Christianity. This book part history, part travelogue is an attempt to unravel its mysteries Origen, one of the wisest and most interesting of the early theologians, had an ingenious theory about the obvious discrepancies in the

Compass byMathias nard review a dreamlike study of Orientalism

An Austrian musicologist lies in bed allnight worrying about his health, fitfully dreaming, and relating his past scholarly adventures in the Middle East in disordered flashback. At the centre of his lucubrations is a fellow academic named Sarah, with whom he is desperately in love. Such is the scheme ofthe French writer Mathias nards latest

David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended' video | Stage

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prosperos lines from The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1. As a masque comes to its close, the sorcerer contemplates the end of life and the playwright, perhaps, considers the end of

How we made Salt-N-Pepa's Push It | Rap

An aquarium told us that when they put the song on, the sharks started mating We werent the first female rappers Angie Stones group, the Sequence, came before us but we were the first to go platinum around the world. Pep and I were in college together. We were big time screw-ups. We