Schwules Museum tour

Dear friends, I will be guiding a tour at Berlin’s Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) on Thursday 9th March at 6pm. You’re welcome to attend! All details in the link below. https://www.facebook.com/events/1282361821860179/

Churchill and the ‘Iron Curtain’

On March 5th, 1946, former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill would address an audience at Westminster College, Missouri, accompanied by President Harry S. Truman. The speech was a landmark moment in the early stages of the Cold War. Churchill lauded the relationship...

Beginning of American bombing in Berlin

On March 4th, 1944, the U.S. Eighth Air Force would launch its first bombing raid on Berlin soil. After the initial attack, American pilots would join the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command in strafing the city by day and night. By ceasefire in May 1945, 26,000...

Ishtar Gate is back in action!

For quite some time, the Ishtar Gate in the Pergamon Museum has been covered up by scaffolding – a perennial Berlin phenomenon! – but it’s now open for viewing (and crossing through in awe) once more. See you there!  

Back for the spring!

Dear friends, It’s been a long time since I added a blog post here on my site! 2016 turned out to be an extremely busy and exciting year, with wonderful tours plus my first voice-over work, public speaking engagements, museum curation and a lot of travel....

21st July, 1944

On the 21st of July 1944, numerous figures involved or suspected of involvement with the 20th July plot against Adolf Hitler were executed. Claus von Stauffenberg, a Colonel in the German Army, would plan with other military leaders to assassinate Hitler at his...