My dear bottom

My dear bottom

An evening wander through Shakespeare Something happened. I was just reading, and found someone… myself. Well, three versions of myself, actually: the past me, the present me and, perhaps, the future me. Let us dive into this adventure: *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*....
Big Boots

Big Boots

The gentle art of improvising life What do you do when you run into a situation and you think something is missing? What about those moments when reality looks completely different from what you expected?Well, let’s have a look at what two of literature’s finest...
The magic potion

The magic potion

How Don Quixote Makes the World Bigger What do you do when your besties and homies click into your video — and then click straight back out? How do you keep them on board? It is a little like a knight riding along on horseback with his squire beside him, when the...
Puppy dog eyes

Puppy dog eyes

Why do we love Mrs. Bennet?   What do my dog Krümel and *Pride and Prejudice* have in common?   It’s a strange question. But I think there is an answer.   Life is quite challenging in this book, especially for one particular character. “Ah, you do not...
A wineskin

A wineskin

The Knight and the Slashed Wineskin:  A Guide to Beautifully Wonky Friendships   What actually makes me get up from the sofa, dust off my laptop, and start writing? Dialogue. Especially the wonky kind.   Picture this: two people chatting. One is perched high...
flimm-sala-bim vom 27. Juni 2022

flimm-sala-bim vom 27. Juni 2022

Kolum­nen flimm-sala-bimEine Kolumne von Bastian Flimm 27. Juni 2022   Der vom Tankrabatt gebeutelte Steuerzahler kann Trost in einer 230 Jahre alten Satire finden    Im Briefroman „Die drei Schwestern“ von Jane Austen aus dem Jahr 1792 heißt es: „Meine...