In October 1980, Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister of the UK for over one and a half years.
At that time, things were not going well for her government: Inflation was rising. Unemployment was rising. Voters were about to question whether Margaret Thatcher could really bring the promised positive changes to Great Britain.
Margaret Thatcher: The Lady’s Not For Turning
“Daily physical exercises! Without equipment! No costs!” — Leni Riefenstahl
For a lot of readers, the German expression “Leibesübungen“ certainly is unknown. “Leibesübungen“ can be translated with “physical exercises“. The “Leibesübungen“ have a lot in …
Marlene Dietrich, Erich Maria Remarque & “Arc de Triomphe“
The correspondence between Marlene Dietrich and Erich Maria Remarque is sometimes described as the most beautiful romance novel of the 20th century. When reading the …