Archive - lol/sos

A holiday in someone else's misery

The weather was always worse in the north.

Mar 25 • Christian Näthler

February 2026

When art makes your own life irrelevant

Thanks, Käthe Kollwitz!

Feb 24 • Christian Näthler

I remember 2004

A memoir of simpler times.

Feb 11 • Christian Näthler

The Berlin bookshop that refuses to die

How Saint George's survived Amazon, e-readers, the pandemic, and Brexit.

Feb 3 • Christian Näthler

January 2026

The opposite of suicide

An ode to Cairo's traffic.

Jan 26 • Christian Näthler

If you cannot give money, you give goodness

Learning about Islam.

Jan 12 • Christian Näthler

You get to be clueless in a new place only briefly

All alone at the Pyramids.

Jan 6 • Christian Näthler

November 2025

Performative male reads Camus for yoga girls

A second-person account.

Nov 19, 2025 • Christian Näthler

Sometimes a lie is the only thing that moves your feet

A mostly true story.

Nov 3, 2025 • Christian Näthler

October 2025

What Steinbeck saw coming

The death of human creativity

Oct 27, 2025 • Christian Näthler

Possessed by the sea

An interview with van-dwelling photographer Steven Thomas.

Oct 21, 2025 • Christian Näthler

How to reset everything

Diary of a long walk with a good friend.

Oct 14, 2025 • Christian Näthler