Month: November 2016

Headline of a recent article in the Financial Times, part of a supplement on “Investing in Germany”: Germany’s coffers are overflowing but optimism is wearing thin Oh, the humanity! On reflection, though, better than the other way around.

The character of Ubu, created by Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), deserves to be better known. The Wikipedia entry on Jarry’s 1896 play Ubu Roi (Ubu the King) explains: According to Jane Taylor, “the central character is notorious for his infantile engagement with his world. Ubu inhabits a domain of greedy self-gratification”. Jarry’s metaphor for the modern … Read more