Limes

The Limes cuts across Germany and has a length of more than 550 km. From the 1st until the 3rd century AD it marked Rom's frontier to Germania. About 60 forts, variouse small forts and 900 watchtowers where occupied by approx. 25000 Roman soldiers. They controlled and secured the frontier. The Limes is one of the most important archaeological monuments in Germany.

Il numero 12/2014 di Limes è dedicato allo scontro ormai aperto tra Occidente e Russia sulle sorti dell'Ucraina e, più in generale, sul rispetto della “sfera di sicurezza” russa a est dei confini della Federazione.L'ampia prima parte, "Il fronte ucraino e quello globale", analizza posizioni e percezioni dei principali attori, regionali e non, coinvolti a vario titolo nella partita geopolitica connessa al sanguinoso conflitto ucraino. Si segnalano qui, tra gli altri, gli articoli di Dario Fabbri (“Umiliare la Russia: l'ultima missione dell'anatra zoppa”), Dario Quintavalle (“Per scacciare i gattopardi mettiamo l'Ucraina sotto tutela”), Fyodor Lukyanov (“Ritorno alle origini della potenza russa”), Eva Knoll (“La Russia serve a Pechino per spodestare l'America”) e Virgilio Ilari (“La danza degli orsi”)…

The twelfth of her studio albums, Lemons, Limes, and Orchids is a crowning showcase of Joan's voice in all its metamorphic splendour. “I was ready to make an album that truly featured my voice. The basics were recorded like they used to be- with me singing live along with the band. My good friend said told me this is the sexiest album I’ve ever made. Honestly, I think she’s right. The record is a nocturne about love and loss — what else is there? — and a reckoning with our collective disorientation, part hymn to holding on and part benediction of letting go.

The twelfth of her studio albums, Lemons, Limes, and Orchids is a crowning showcase of Joan's voice in all its metamorphic splendour. “I was ready to make an album that truly featured my voice. The basics were recorded like they used to be- with me singing live along with the band. My good friend said told me this is the sexiest album I’ve ever made. Honestly, I think she’s right. The record is a nocturne about love and loss — what else is there? — and a reckoning with our collective disorientation, part hymn to holding on and part benediction of letting go.