CastleTalk

(My) Opinions & More

Castle conversations...

• The Swan King, His Fairytale Castles and Mass Tourism
• CastleTalkNoMore? Can I Go On like This Talking About Castles and Palaces?
• Rebuilding Destroyed Castles: New Purposes For Old Buildings
• Reflections of a Castleholic: How Many Castles Are Too Many Castles
• Oops, I Did It Again, And Again, And Again: Why I Love Visiting Castles
• The Last In Line: When Royal Families Sell Their Castles
• The Stuff Legends Are Made Of: The Mystery of the Amber Room

Royal reflections...

• A Game of Thrones: How Monarchy Survived Into the 21th Century
• Magic and the Daylight: Royalty in the 21st Century
• Meghan and the Media: Don't Sow the Wind...
• Haute Couture vs. High Street: The Back-Story of the Rania Drama
• Kate vs. Meghan: Feuding Princesses - A Tale As Old As Time
• The Royal Limbo: Kate vs. Meghan, Round 2
• The One In Which I Criticise Meghan and Kate (Because I Can)
• Royals Gone Vogue: Treading the Line Between Divine Rights and Celebrity Culture
• Between #Megxit and #Harryverderci: The Reality of Royalty or Life In a Goldfish Bowl

Hidden history...

• The German Royal- and Nobility, the Third Reich and July 20
• A Tale of Two Cities: Rivals by History or Why Not All Games Are Created Equal
• Restoration or No Restoration: A Question of Nazis or Communists
• The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, 88 Cents and Three Prayers
• Don't Forget The Spud: Why People Put Potatoes on the Grave of Friedrich the Great
• A Royal Celebration: The Origins of the Oktoberfest
• Achtung Deutsch! The German Unification of 1871 and National Pride
• Twists and Turns of History: The Many Dimensions of the Hohenzollern Claim to Their Former Properties

Travel tales...

• Going Solo: 10 Things I Learned While Traveling On My Own

Beyond blogging...

• The Long Goodbye: Still a Castleholic, a Royalholic Not So Much
• Being Critical and Finding the Balance in Royal Watching
• Self-Reflection: Balancing Your Views Isn't Easy
• Remembering the Battle of the Somme and Why Europe is My Home

German Geschichten...

• The (In)Famous Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Will
• New Developments: The (In)Famous Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Will Continued
• The (In)Famous: Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Will, Round 3
• The House of Guelph, Its Branches and Their Last Name 
• The Curious Case of the Thurn und Taxis Inheritance
• Ernst-August vs. Ernst-August: A Family Feud
• The "Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds" or How the Bavarians Probably Got the Best Deal When the Monarchy Ended

Others...

• The Curious Case of Historical Accuracy in Period Dramas