Literature LIVE at TIPI AM KANZLERAMT: Annette Dittert presents “Dear Britain”

When Annette Dittert stood in front of Downing Street at midnight on January 31, 2020, to report live on ARD’s “Tagesthemen” that Brexit had finally taken effect that night, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes just before the live broadcast. London had long since become her home. Now the break with the EU was irreversible. For her and many Britons who had hoped for a different outcome right up until the end, it was a somber day.

Ten years later, Annette Dittert wonders what has become of the country. She takes the audience on a journey across the island: they visit the Royal Albert Hall and the House of Lords, swim in the sea off the island’s east coast with the women’s group “Blue Tits,” and chat with Scots, priests, and earls. And they are guests of the author on her narrowboat “Emilia,” a small, colorful steel boat on Regent’s Canal, right in the heart of London.

The result is a multifaceted portrait of the quirky and charming British people, whose precarious economic and social situation—not only as a result of Brexit—is palpable in everyday life, yet who always maintain their composure.

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