Turkish-German Cinema: From Minority to Mainstream Culture

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As a result of the bilateral agreement between Turkey and West Germany in 1961, Turks are now Germany's largest minority and Berlin has one of the largest Turkish populations of...

Growing Old With Shakespeare

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In Shakespeare's drama ageing is variably described as, 'when age is in, the wit is out' (Much Ado About Nothing) and 'silver hairs/will purchase us good opinion' (Julius Caesar). This...

Service Terminated: The Last Tram from Dartry

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In 1937 the Dublin United Tramways Company (1896) embarked on a programme of replacing its trams with buses but the onset of the 'Emergency' paused this. By 1948 CIÉ had only five trams services still in operation and on October 31st 1948 terminated the Dartry and Terenure services to the city centre. The speaker James...

Libera Me: Freeing the Choral Requiem From its Liturgical Confines

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**CANCELLED** The choral setting of the Requiem Mass is a centuries-old tradition. Its formal structure has brought consolation to generations in its comforting predictability. How then has the choral Requiem...