Forgive my recent silence, but I was detained by the Aegean. Orderly, autumnal Berlin is a shock after the sun-drunk Cyclades and the inspiring dynamism of a recovering Athens. But I will be returning later in the week with an Athenian oddity.
For now, in honour of the equinox, here is the incomparable Hildegard Knef in the autumn of her years singing “September Song” on German TV.
Strange Flowers 