Kate KatharinaRemember all those headlines about Merkel making a refugee girl cry?Last July, the world’s media directed its wrath towards Angela Merkel after an 11-year-old refugee girl burst into tears at a…Mar 21, 2016Mar 21, 2016
Kate KatharinaBeing in control isn’t as much fun as you thinkI signed up to Netflix recently, a decade or so after the rest of you. I thought it would be empowering to decide when to invite Don Draper…Nov 25, 2015Nov 25, 2015
Kate KatharinaThis kind of conversation is going on all over Germany right now“Under UN law, they are entitled to go to school!” said the bearded man sitting next to me. “It’s a human right!”Nov 24, 2015Nov 24, 2015
Kate KatharinaIstanbul’s beautiful fragilityIn his memoir Istanbul, Turkey’s most famous writer Orhan Pamuk describes the particular kind of beauty strangers encounter in his city:Sep 21, 2015Sep 21, 2015
Kate KatharinaImagine a world without melancholyMy time in Istanbul was drawing to a close and I was feeling sad. I’d been wandering through the streets of the old town trying to find a…Sep 21, 2015Sep 21, 2015
Kate KatharinaWhy I’m afraid of social media timelines and you should be too.If you think scrolling through your Facebook or Twitter feed is no big deal, take a moment to imagine the offline equivalent.Feb 18, 2015Feb 18, 2015
Kate KatharinaMy friend Frau BienkowskiLately I have been supplying Frau Bienkowski with fish fillets from Lidl. She plops them onto the bread rolls she has saved from breakfast…Feb 3, 2015Feb 3, 2015
Kate KatharinaThe MouseOne September morning in our poky kitchen, my father and I were enjoying an early brunch. He was spooning floating pineapple rings from a…Jan 14, 2015Jan 14, 2015
Kate KatharinaIs the Internet making you more tolerant?For those of us who work, shop, socialize, bank and even date online, it’s next to impossible to overestimate the effect the Internet has…Jan 14, 2015Jan 14, 2015
Kate KatharinaWhy Ireland needs a national paedophile treatment programmeIn November of last year, I exchanged some e-mails with a paedophile living in the UK. I wanted to know how he felt about his sexual…Jan 14, 2015Jan 14, 2015
