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Opinion | Son – NRC
My youngest son (23) sends me a picture of his cup of tea via WhatsApp. On the label of the tea bag the question: “Who gave you your first kiss?”…
Opinion | Outraged – NRC
I’m in the supermarket waiting for a young woman with child to pay. She speaks English to the cashier. I am annoyed by the obviousness with which expats address everyone…
Opinion | Neat – NRC
A friend had the curious habit of unwrapping a book she received as a gift from God. With a special knife she carefully cut the wrapping and lifted the book…
Rene Benko – NRC
René Benko, where do we know him from? What the pope is to Rome, René Benko is to the center of Vienna. At least, that’s the joke according to the…
Opinion | Teeth – NRC
In the ambulance I felt sharp edges when I scraped my teeth with my tongue. “Your jaw is broken,” said the emergency room doctor. I asked if my teeth would…
Column | Inflation basket – NRC
Would shareholders also All sorts read? Then you have just been treated by Ahold Delhaize to the highest dividend payment in years – hurray price increases, hurray generous share buybacks…
Column | Lynch journalism – NRC
Unfortunately, I have never had a bag of dog faeces shoved in my face, as happened to the German critic Wiebke Hüster after her criticism of the choreographer Marco Goecke.…
Opinion | Prittstift – NRC
It’s the first Valentine’s Day after my recent breakup. As I walk into the classroom where I will be teaching theater for the next hour, one of the students hands…
Opinion | Thoughts – NRC
There is a new participant at the yoga class. Afterwards we drink tea and she asks: “Are you really completely out of thoughts during that final relaxation?” I say I…
Opinion | red – NRC
“You are Mrs. Offereins, aren’t you?” It’s been a long time since I had him in high school. The boy has become a man. I don’t recognize him right away.…