Judith BeyerMar 10
🧵The debacle around the #GermanBookstorePrize / German Minister of Culture #Weimer ("culture tsar" acc. to The Guardian!) reminds me of #HannahArendt accepting the #Lessing prize in 1959. Some thoughts on coercive gift-giving & on solidarity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why independent bookshops stri...
Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar

First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

The Guardian