Memorial for victims of Munich shooting

Munich’s city council has chosen a design for a memorial for the nine victims of last year’s shooting at a Munich shopping centre A design by artist Elke Härtel has been selected to commemorate the nine people who lost their lives at the hands of a lone gunman in...

Heartbreak hotel

Just broken up with your partner? Freshly single and having to face the misery of a lonely Valentine’s Day? Help is at hand in the form of an alternative holiday for the heartbroken HERE IT COMES again, that most dreaded day of the year. Bad enough if you or...

Ice dream

MUNICH has frozen in the grip of the coldest January for years. Sub-zero temperatures have sent many cowering into their duvets. Others – hardy, warm-blooded snow and ice enthusiasts – are emerging from hibernation and taking advantage of the arctic conditions for an...

Mass shooting in Munich

THE mass shooting in Munich last night, in which 10 people lost their lives – including the gunman – and many others were wounded, has been designated as an “amok” shooting, not a terrorist attack. The German work “amok” describes an indiscriminate rampage shooting by...

Great expectations

CHAZ bounded out of school and towards the bus stop. Like it knew it was a special day, the bus pulled up immediately, and Chaz got on, chose a window seat at the back and pulled out his smartphone and started tweeting. “Birthday: so far so brilliant. On way home for...