Excursion to Hauser and Wirth, Bruton, Somerset to view the Nana sculptures. Arrive around 12.30 (details to follow) ###

Language change: ‘Is German under threat?’ Dr Anna Havinga, Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, University of Bristol: German could become a language increasingly used only for social purposes, rather than for culture, economy and science. But is German really under threat? Anna will look at the use of anglicisms and the introduction of gender-inclusive language in German. She […]

BHC AGM, City Hall 6.30 pm. Come along and hear what we have been busy doing this year ##

The future of remembrance in united Germany: Illustrated Talk with refreshments. Speaker - Dr Debbie Pinfold; University of Bristol. When Germany reunited in 1990  East and West Germany had very distinct memory cultures of the National Socialism and World War II. The years following unification were  marked by efforts to create a unified culture of remembrance […]

** This year's season of films gets underway with this 2013 drama from Hannover-based director Christian Schochow, starring Joerdis Triebel. East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej emigrate to West  Germany in the late 1970s, three years after Nelly's boyfriend Wassilij was killed in a car accident. In the west, she wants to […]

** The Hanseatic League, considered an ancient forerunner of the European Union, ruled the waves in the Renaissance. Based along the German-speaking Baltic and North Sea coasts, it had an important outpost in London, now almost forgotten. Located on the Thames near modern-day Cannon Street station, the Steelyard was a walled community that served as […]