8 d. ago The Director by Daniel Kehlmann review – the author’s best work yet

This portrait of German film-maker GW Pabst and his moral struggles under the Nazis has the darkness and ambiguity of a modern Grimms’ fairytaleGeorg Wilhelm Pabst was one of the most influential film directors in Weimar Germany, probably best known on the international stage for discovering Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks. His radical approach earned him the nickname of “Red Pabst”, and when Hitler was elected to power in 1933, Pabst reacted by taking his family to the United States. He intended to emigrate permanently, but what was supposed to have been a brief trip back to Austria to visit his sick mother saw Pabst detained inside the Third Reich for the duration of the second world war. This unfortunate turn of events had a dramatically detrimental effect, not only on Pabst’s immediate situation but on his entire postwar career.Daniel Kehlmann has frequently used historical events as the basis for his fiction, most famously in his breakout 2005 novel Measuring the World,...

Culture

3 w. ago Little known offensive word Spanish use to describe British tourists

There is a specific term used to describe Brits abroad who take part in typically-loutish behaviour while on holiday in Spain, like excessive drinking

Politics

3 w. ago Female exec at 'tech bro' software firm was sacked because she wasn't a 'leader', boss tells tribunal as he disputes claims she was fired because she got drunk on Austria work trip

Shannon Burns - who was on £220,000 a year - is suing for sex discrimination after complaining of the rampant 'tech bro' culture at the 'male-dominated' firm that hired her.

Economics

3 w. ago Female exec 'sacked from £220k job for getting drunk at work trip to Austria' lost her room key and showed 'concerning' behaviour after 'drinking heavily', 'tech bro' CEO tells tribunal

Shannon Burns - who was on £220,000 a year - is suing for sex discrimination after complaining of the rampant 'tech bro' culture at the 'male-dominated' firm that hired her.

Economics

4 w. ago Black security manager called ‘slave’ by white colleague in London awarded £361,000

Richard Assan tells employment tribunal he left Vigilant Security due to ‘continuous bullying and racism’A black security manager who was called a “slave” and left his job due to “continuous bullying” has been awarded £361,000, an employment tribunal has heard.Richard Assan started his career with Vigilant Security in 2007 and was promoted to security manager in May 2018. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Female exec sacked from £220,000 job after boozy night out on team 'Hackathon' trip to Austria sues firm claiming 'tech bro' male CEO was 'even more drunk and inappropriate'

High-flying executive Shannon Burns was sacked for getting drunk at a work event despite male colleagues being 'far more intoxicated', an employment tribunal heard.

Economics