Jane Whyatt

Jane Whyatt is a British journalist who has worked for the BBC and founded her own start-up media production company in London. Since 2015, she has lived and worked in Leipzig at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the Lie Detectors media literacy campaign. Now she is freelancing for the new European newspaper, Kultur öffnet Welten, The Leipzig Glocal and the award-winning TV production house Sinam Production.

Catholic Church finally faces the facts on abuse

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An exhibition at the Frankfurter Dom revealed the scale of abuse within the Catholic Church, using life-size wooden figures and survivor testimonies to humanize the suffering. Visitors confronted the painful legacy of cover-ups, while support services and multilingual resources aimed to provide solace and encourage reflection.

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Peterskirche and the spirit of Leonard Cohen

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Rolf Ableiter tells us he cannot imagine an alternative musical career to his act "Field Commander C," named in honour of "Field Commander Cohen," Leonard Cohen's 1979 tour of Europe. His musical love letter to his idol, in a strong, rich voice and a band to match, sold out Peterskirsche in Leipzig on November 8th,

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Neues Schauspiel petitions the city for financial support

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Leipzig’s Neues Schauspiel Theatre survived the coronavirus pandemic and the economic highs and lows of the last thirteen years. Now they need help to stay open.

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Michael Raschke: “When they opened the Berlin Wall, I cried”

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As Leipzig prepares to honour the demonstrators who brought the communist dictatorship of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to an end, Jane Whyatt discovers an unsung hero of October 1989 with a different view of history.

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Kloster Posa parties where monks used to pray

It’s almost one thousand years since the Benedictine monastery at Zeitz was founded, and just ten years since local artists and musicians established Posa Calling. LeipGlo's Jane Whyatt attended the festivities.

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