{:de}It sounds a bit weird, but did you know that James Bond, the famous British spy was “officially” born in Wattenscheid, Germany? You may ask why? Is there any proof? Look behind the curtains, real spy stories and the connections to Essen and Krupp... At the beginning only a few Bond enthusiasts and journalists knew […]
{:de}The earliest twinships between cities in the Ruhr area and Northern England date from the post-war era. Bochum was twinned with Sheffield, Dortmund with Leeds and Essen with Sunderland. In September 2021, the representatives of the Ruhr and Greater Manchester concluded a memorandum of understanding which was followed by the Innovation Bridge United Kingdom, Business […]
{:de}The labour movement is beyond doubt one of the most consequential (and, indeed, beneficial) developments in social and economic history. Viscerally linked to the Industrial Revolution, it has also been the final liberation of the majority of the population from factual or at least economic serfdom existing throughout the centuries before, fighting against the vested […]