You don't get stuff like this anywhere else. Today, join The Dabbler's inimitable Teutonophile Malty, as he takes us on a dizzying tour of Germany's musical autobahns... Brit's  post on the DNA of Greek and German music was intriguing and begs a (somewhat belated) response. Regarding the Greeks, well, I dunno really, Vangelis, Zorba, ... Read More...

Elberry reviews a new book about how "one of the greatest and most extensive tyrannies in human history was initiated by a very small number of idealist oddbods..." The title is somewhat deceptive: Spies and Commissars (Macmillan, 4 Nov 2011) isn't a non-fiction thriller but rather an account of the West's ... Read More...

The Dabbler continues its Teutonic theme today with the inimitable Malty's response to Andrew Graham-Dixon's major new BBC Four series The Art of Germany... Recently launched was Andrew hyphen Dixon's new series on German art, many of the usual suspects of the period were included, many not. As an educator he is less ... Read More...