Within the 252nd episode of And what are you doing on the weekend? The journalist, best-selling writer and documentary filmmaker Annette Dittert is a visitor. She labored as an ARD correspondent for 1 / 4 of a century Londonthe place she nonetheless lives right this moment. She now additionally has British citizenship. Annette Dittert was born in Cologne in 1962 and labored for ARD in New York and Warsaw. Her e-book is out this spring Expensive Britain: In Search of the Soul of Britain appeared.
Within the podcast she talks about her life on the houseboat she designed herself in Little Venice (and her deep sleep on the water), about caring for her backyard and about her purchasing suggestions in her adopted hometown. She analyzes the present political state of affairs in Nice Britain, remembers her wild days in West Berlin within the early Nineteen Eighties, raves concerning the Pogues’ punk – and explains why she selected… new York was bored. And talks concerning the terribly boring Sundays within the Rhineland of her youth.
Annette Dittert’s suggestions
Meals and Drink:
Hear:
- The Pogues
- The Rolling Stones
London:
- Golborne Street in Notting Hill
- Go for a stroll in Hammersmith Park
- Using your bike across the metropolis and shopping for classic garments in charity outlets
Learn:
- The magic mountain by Thomas Mann
- Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
Ubin’s suggestions
- Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
- The Brioche Perdue dessert at Le Grand Bain, 14 Rue Denoyez in Paris
Christoph’s suggestions
- The article by Claudius Seidl within the South German newspaper about Annette Dittert
- The Beatles Museum in London (opens 2027)
- let it’s and Strawberry Fields Without end by the Beatles
You’ll be able to attain the crew at wochenende@zeit.de.