Someone left their heart on the beach in Musselburgh...

For some deep-seated reason that I've not yet fathomed, I'm always fascinated by crab shells. Here's today's (spotted on Musselburgh beach):

Look what just arrived! Hugely looking forward to reading this beautiful book by @taniahershman.bsky.social and pub'd by @guillemotpress.bsky.social

Last week's visit to the Humboldt Forum gift shop and its array of Berlin Wall memorabilia was fascinating; is it the inevitable endpoint of every system of suppression that it will be kitschified, encapsulated in perspex and sold to tourists?

Spotted (and bought!) at @otherlandberlin.bsky.social this week, to add to my @amendlocke.bsky.social collection

Oh Berlin, how I love you...

Always nice to see my book out in the real world, here in Marga Schoeller and Autorin Buchhandlung Berlin:

Jetzt freue ich mich sehr darüber, dass ich nach Leipzig Buchmesse reise, um mein neues Buch "Deutschstunden" zu feiern! Um 11:30am mache ich mit meiner wunderbare Übersetzerin und Verlegerin Zoë Beck eine Lesung. #lbm25

About 5 minutes walk from my flat in Berlin is a collection of derelict huts in a fenced off piece of land. These anonymous looking huts are a former POW camp that was simply abandoned after 1945. There's nothing here to indicate what the buildings were used for...