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Topless Women Crash Barbie Dreamhouse Opening

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK

Topless women from female rights group Femen have caused a storm at the opening of the Barbie 'Dreamhouse' in Germany, screaming slogans and brandishi...

Will London Hold Onto Its 'Top Startup Hub' Mantle?

Shivvy Jervis | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
Shivvy Jervis

This eclectic city must overcome a number of obstacles if it's to challenge established startup zones and communities in Israel and the US, while also fending off competition for its European crown from Berlin.

Visions of Fashion

Laura Schnittger | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Style
Laura Schnittger

Paintings represent visions of fashion. Shapes project an abstract expression of an idea, philosophy and emotion playing with form, texture and motion. The paintings seem to incarnate pieces of cloth, covered up by - well art.

Property Developer Tears Down Treasured Part Of Berlin Wall

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK

In a pre-dawn operations on Wednesday, property developers removed sections of the Berlin Wall to allow access to a building site, despite furious pro...

Forget 'New York, New York' and Think 'Berlin, Berlin'

Carli Smith | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Carli Smith

Imagine combining two of your favourite passions into one fun-filled evening...the Night of Custom event hosted by Harley-Davidson and Gibson in Berli...

Emerging Icons in Europe: Germany's Abby Talk About Their Universal Success ahead of a trip to London...

Kat Jackman | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Berlin's ABBY are Emerging Icons on the brink of something massive... and they're travelling there at break-neck speed.

Looking at Berlin's Museum of Photography

Stuart Forster | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Stuart Forster

If you appreciate good photography, ensure you schedule a visit to Berlin's Museum of Photography during your next visit the German capital.

Merkel Urges Germany To Remember 'Everlasting Crimes'

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK

Eighty years ago today, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, a political appointment that would ultimately lead to a world war and over 6...

Surviving Fashion Week

Gareth Johnson | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK Style
Gareth Johnson

This was the first time I'd been Berlin Fashion Week - I was nervous and excited. I'd rented an apartment for the week in Mitte, central and good tra...

Virtual Realities Film Week, Kino Central, Berlin

La JohnJoseph | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
La JohnJoseph

Last week in Mitte, Berlin, hidden away from the detritus of the city's infamous nightlife, in a back courtyard, in a tiny cinema, mixed- media artist Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo presented her ambitious and ambiguous film festival, Virtual Realities.

The Best New Year's Eve Fireworks Around The World

Andrew Matthews | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Andrew Matthews

Here's our guide to some of the best places in the world to see fireworks design teams master their craft and welcome in 2013 with a bang. Literally.

Frozenballs

Matt Roper | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK Comedy
Matt Roper

Christmas has arrived in London Town, and what a stench of vulgarity it brings with it. You can't move without being reminded of it.

Educating Beta - Why Kids Need to get Behind the Apps and Learn to Code

Tamara Roukaerts | Posted 19.01.2013 | UK Tech
Tamara Roukaerts

Children growing up today are past masters at mobile. They're weaned early onto digital, their little minds soothed, calmed and cajoled with touchscreen time. As parents, we marvel at how quickly mere babes in arms master the swipe, double tap and pinch zoom.

UK and the EU: Going, Going, Gone!

Victor Jimenez | Posted 10.01.2013 | UK Politics
Victor Jimenez

The risk for the coalition in Downing Street of embracing this British isolationist sentiment is that it does not embody a rational movement, but a spasm.

Polar Bear Dies After Catching Zebra Herpes

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK

A polar bear has died after catching a strain of zebra herpes at a zoo in Germany. Female polar bear, Jerka, was the first to die at the Zoological...

Last One Out Turn Out The Lights

Barcroft Media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

Felix Pharand-Deschênes' shots are created using data gathered by satellites Taken from space, these images show the staggering extent of the ...

It Was A Hoax: 'Forest Boy' Admits He Made It All Up

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK

The mysterious 'forest boy' finally identified as Robin van Helsum, a 20-year-old Dutch man from Hengelo, has admitted that he made the whole story up...

Mysterious 'Forest Boy' Finally Identified

Posted 15.06.2012 | UK

A mysterious 'forest boy' known only as Ray has been identified, nine months after turning himself into German police claiming he had spent the last f...

Berlin Police Release First Images Of Mysterious 'Forest Boy'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 13.06.2012 | UK

Police in Berlin have released the first photos of a teenage boy who claims to have lived in a forest in Germany for five years. The English-speaki...

Occupy Berlin - Best of the Biennale

Joanne Shurvell | Posted 30.07.2012 | Home
Joanne Shurvell

Our weekend in Berlin was all about contemporary art but we were also treated to a tour of Soviet art and architecture in East Berlin...

Lehrter Station by David Downing: Book Review

Philip White | Posted 30.07.2012 | Home
Philip White

I am not a fast reader. So the fact that I finished all five books in David Downing's John Russell series in just over three weeks means that a) Zoo Station (book one) hooked me on the first page b) I made more time to read fiction that at any point in the past five years of get up-research-write-parent-go to bed-repeat c) Downing is a master of plot, characterisation and pace.

Penumbra

Diego Giolitti | Posted 19.07.2012 | Home
Diego Giolitti

The word penumbra is often rendered "half-light." The Latin origin paene umbra literally means "almost shadow." In between the shadow and the light there is a zone through which we may see what is in the penumbra, but we see it with this darkened hue, and it is problematic to say whether it is illuminated or not.

Twenty(2)too Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection

Joao Paulo Nunes | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Style
Joao Paulo Nunes

Fashion label twenty(2)too unveiled their Autumn/Winter 2012 collection a few months ago during Berlin Fashion Week.

Katy Perry & Lana Del Rey's On-Stage Style Battle At The Echo Music Awards

MyDaily | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Style

There was a good dose of girl power on stage at the Echo Music Awards in Berlin last night, with both Katy Perry and Lana Del Rey performing....

Tales From the Middle of Nowhere (Vol. 2): European Highlights

Noel Gallagher | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Entertainment
Noel Gallagher

Outside my gig they have A LOT of bootleg t-shirt stalls. I had to drive through them to get to the backstage area bit upon where I saw many, many T-shirts bearing my name and face etc. Right in the middle of one particular stall though was a T-shirt that simply said... "SEXY BITCH!"