welcome to arts and culture for book lovers there's nothing like it the biggest publishing event in the world the frankfurt book fair but this year with the coronavirus it's a radically different digital affair still it's attracting headliners including canadian author margaret atwood she's one of the big names set to grace the online event with a live stream. last year more than 300000 industry professionals and visitors came to the frankfurt book fair some 7500 exhibitors meet at the most important industry show of the year. but this year because of coronavirus the trade halls are empty and the book fair has gone digital the message music and the trade fair holes won't be the same this year as well as a decentralized event we've had to come up with a relatively large scale digital concept and most. many publishers said that interview their own authors and then present the results at the fair thing.

over numerous digital platforms industry professionals from around the world can communicate and present their authors this year selection is extremely diverse from celebrity chef jamie oliver to whistleblower edward snowden they tim fung the fares so she oh political stage is this year all about europe and its cultures naturally it too is online. if that is because of the emphasis on the digital some creativity gets lost that there are a few random encounters for example the great thing about physically being here is that i can look up to my shoulder and see what's going on 10 meters behind me to counter that on line. 2020 s. guest of honor canada has postponed its physical presence at the fair until next year instead it's presenting a culturally diverse offering online including books about its indigenous population the 2020 frankfurt book fair is an experiment but will it remain an online event in the future we're trying to. figure out what works digitally you

know how the economic transactions work how does the public interact with the digital elements of course we will use whatever works at this year's event next year the future is looking more digital anyhow but the desire to mix with others in person is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. my colleague melissa holroyd is following developments in frankfurt melissa the frankfurt book fair this is normally be event of the year where the whole publishing world comes together hundreds of thousands of people schmoozing scouting titles can this really work online. not sure i don't know how i mean they're doing their best they've got 4400 digital exhibit is there this year from 110 countries they've got 260 hours planned of streaming of talks of readings of seminars but you simply cannot replace the social element that it's really important people don't just go to frankfurt to buy and sell books they go there for the cultural element and you

know they go there also to party do you think it's going to bounce back after this the same way that it was it's certainly time for you know publishers to take stock isn't any sort of pause is time to take stock you know to think how much money are we spending going there how many people are we sending anyway book sales are up in germany that were down at the start of the pandemic and now they're up there also up in the united states so this trend that we've seen over the years of the frankly just getting bigger and bigger i don't know whether that's going to continue that might change the book sales are up is that just due to people having more time to hang out at home with a book how do you explain that yeah well thanks to coronado we're spending more time at home was spending more time indoors i think people are also very very sick of looking at screens and looking at things online there's a lot of comfort in actually having a book in your hands isn't there you know it's like an anchor in the storm. well

we're going to have to see how this goes if. e-books are the thing if really this could be the resurgence of the physical book thanks so much for keeping us up to date on the frankfurt book fair. and it looks like it may be another year yet before large scale performances returned to new york the new york philharmonic has now canceled its season 3 to june its expecting to lose about $20000000.00 in ticket sales orchestras president called the corona virus the biggest crisis in the philharmonic's 178 years now in the meantime with concert halls closed members of the phil have been putting on small performances in the streets. you know. for decades now designer bob has been bringing german films to life or costumes tell stories about the characters who wear them the time and place they're from and

how they see themselves a new exhibition in berlin celebrates some iconic designs by a woman with a special feel for fabrics. intricate lace flowing silk delicate chiffon or heavy brocade this is the world of . germany's most famous costume designer. the stunning costumes on display are a visual testament to the importance of her craft within the film industry and to her legacy. cost turn this into the costume design in those films tells a story and i think that's the specialty of bob of about the through the costumes she brings a narration and meaning to the scene and not the one and the deutsche bank. balance career spans more than 6 decades and over 70 films it's her particular feel

for historical fabrics that earned her the recognition of her peers. found has worked with germany's biggest directors thanks to her collaboration's with focus learned of like here on home a father or with kind of an affair spend her. work reached an international audience. if a movement ever films are known worldwide and for example live in my lane as deeply imprinted on to collective memory especially this wonderful silver limaye dress which were showing in the exhibition and which is inseparably in twined with fast bin does and bob a bonus work. is put to stunning effect in fassbender is film about forbidden love in the 3rd high he says. shut up to mention. was that but it was. a. it was pounds collaboration's with fassbender that propelled her to the

top of her field and even beyond. your brother is in great danger she became an inspiration beyond the film industry through fast in those posthumously released film cafe with sean. z. is the info that we know that she is the inspiration for many costume designers but we also know that when john saw fassbinder he got inspiration for his fashion lines because that's quite unusual for a costume designers thus pass it off and here in question. from sketches to film stones the exhibition covers the decades of babel the film's career. her attention to detail is literally palpable as visitors can actually touch the fabrics and experience some of the magic of the films she worked on. from

fashion now to food world bread day is coming up this week and as anyone who lives here in germany knows in germany it's basically bread day every day here's our reporter rachel stewart with this week's installment of the germans. grain east and water 3 key ingredients for 2 german fashion. the germans even call b.s. or liquid brain to ask germans what they missed above all else when we go forward and that's one of. the statistically. little wonder then that german bread has been designated an official you know scale intangible cultural heritage but it is obviously a favorite staple all over the world and plenty of countries eat more of it than the germans for example in turkey they twice as much but the germans take great pride in their specific for riots of bread there are more than 3000 different types on the official bread register wheat and spelt are all very popular varieties then there are a variety of like fats bought off the board they usually come in been slices like

this one very tasty but very heavy i get a lot of stick here in germany about bread germans seem to think that will look pretty as a really bad version of what they call tools which while this makes me pretty defensive of my country superior sliced bread varieties i can't deny that the germans make a cracking look so what's the secret. of the wood cool tool and you they seem to feel for the them to be. also often necessary because there's an. affair going on with. the 1st one the most this is transposed and told my mom and norton for the one thing i love about living in germany is a large hearty breakfast on the weekend including the vital ingredient of fresh bread from the bakery bread traditionally makes an appearance throughout the day in germany it's the star of the breakfast bread later on you might munch on break time bread and in the evening many families will have evening bread but over the last 10

years the germans have become a little less annoying to that crusty staple with among tipping and more shoppers switching to discount to supermarkets there's also been a decline in the number of independent cross but it always like this one. anyway i was talking to. there are so many. and that's the time pretty much anyone. except you might hear. and depending on where you are in front you might. i have a theory that germany is trying to test its new comers by making. bread roll varieties the hardest words in the german language. i remember trying to go.

when i was new. i would. find. the front. of the time i'd end up walking away with a. perfectly fine but trust me in the work. and it'll be worth. a picture of a siberian tigers hugging a tree as a one the wildlife photographer of the year award for a russian photographer. his photos called the. and i'll leave you now with a few other shots that were in the running for that prize from britain's natural history museum thanks for watching arts and culture.

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