Link: living with the Stasi

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Thoughtful reflection on living under surveillance and on East Germany, by Neal Ascherson:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2030955,00.html

Comments

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I wouldn't have said so - I understood, it, and I've just frazzled my brain by trying to copy-edit and listen to Radio 3 being Dramatic at the same time.

I saw placet earlier today - came up on a fic newsletter. Quite fun, though I have serious difficulty believing Snape/ anyone these days, and especially Snape/ Lupin...

I once vaguely remember reading a long fic which seemed to suggest, in a throwaway reference, that Diane de Momerie was a witch (or possibly a Squib) who had gone off the rails. It was a Draco/ Hermione, and featured an Anglo-Catholic Draco who was a fan of Harriet Vane (i.e., I would be forced to describe it as majorly OOC - though it must have been pre-OOTP at least - but it had some points of interest none the less...)