https://zohner.com/en/letters/ On theatre, science, walking, Europe. Letters and essays by Markus Zohner and guest writers from Lugano. en-GB Markus Zohner Arts Company Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:06:05 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:12:51 +0000 build-letters-rss.py https://zohner.com/en/letters/cast-for-mars-alter-agent/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/cast-for-mars-alter-agent/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:12:51 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner An immersive experience by Alter Agent at Fiera di Treviglio. On a single dramaturgical decision that makes the difference between watching and experiencing. https://zohner.com/en/letters/return-from-the-south-pole/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/return-from-the-south-pole/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:39:21 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner A walk to the South Pole of the Suffolk peninsula. On blackthorn scratching paintwork and pheasants that only pretend they can fly. https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-man-on-the-wrong-platform/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-man-on-the-wrong-platform/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:49:46 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Fourteen hours over land. Four trains. Lugano, Zurich, Paris, London, Suffolk. A journey that earns every mile. https://zohner.com/en/letters/ship-the-book-not-the-system-2/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/ship-the-book-not-the-system-2/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:10:20 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Here's how I escaped the Zettelkasten trap and started writing again. https://zohner.com/en/letters/a-note-about-my-german-and-english-letters-2/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/a-note-about-my-german-and-english-letters-2/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:40:47 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner You might be receiving letters from me in both English and German. Here's how it works – and how to choose the language that suits you best. https://zohner.com/en/letters/a-note-about-my-german-and-english-letters/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/a-note-about-my-german-and-english-letters/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:10:58 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner You might be receiving letters from me in both English and German. Here's how it works – and how to choose the language that suits you best.\n https://zohner.com/en/letters/breathe/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/breathe/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:10:23 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner This is the text I wanted to send you for the new year — but it got caught in Substack's filters. Now you're receiving it directly from me. Substack is history. https://zohner.com/en/letters/back-to-europe/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/back-to-europe/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:14:19 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Substack blocked my newsletter. A mistake, they said. Now my texts have moved to Europe, to digital independence. https://zohner.com/en/letters/cogito-ergo-dumb/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/cogito-ergo-dumb/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:37:21 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Those who think feel they never think enough. Those who enjoy their stupidity are convinced they have intelligence to spare. Ignorance is a gap in education. Stupidity is something else — self-indulgent, insistent, and always in company. https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-oligarchs-are-crowning-their-infant-king-today/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-oligarchs-are-crowning-their-infant-king-today/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:09:49 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner When truth becomes malleable, reality becomes invisible. The oligarchs — Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Trump — suffer from severe narcissistic disorders, are morally perverted, and literally walk over corpses. Today they crown their infant king. https://zohner.com/en/letters/putin-trump-musk-zuck-the-new-axis-of-evil/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/putin-trump-musk-zuck-the-new-axis-of-evil/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:10:34 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner A parallel world of power has emerged — disconnected from states, laws, and accountability. Tucker Carlson meets Putin. Musk provides the platform. Zuckerberg expresses regret, then reports record profits. The new axis of evil no longer hides.\n https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-immaculate-birth/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/the-immaculate-birth/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:10:37 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner The Immaculate Birth https://zohner.com/en/letters/christmas-banned-in-europe/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/christmas-banned-in-europe/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:10:45 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Christmas Banned in Europe https://zohner.com/en/letters/crucified-santa/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/crucified-santa/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:10:53 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner A department store in Nagoyal, Japan, decorated for Christmas: nativity scene below, Santa Claus nailed to a cross above. Time to rethink what we celebrate.\n https://zohner.com/en/letters/lugano-4-november-2024/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/lugano-4-november-2024/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:11:00 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Time of writing. Change My Mind — our new working theme. Autumn in Lugano, David Gilmour in Rome, and finally finding the right Zettelkasten workflow.\n https://zohner.com/en/letters/why-i-ditched-roam-research-and-logseq/ https://zohner.com/en/letters/why-i-ditched-roam-research-and-logseq/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:13:00 +0000 studio@zohner.com (Markus Zohner) Markus Zohner Roam Research blew my mind. Logseq gave me back control. But when deadlines arrived, both hit the same wall: copy-paste was the only way out. A thinker's paradise — and a writer's nightmare.