Did you beat the Blue Monday?

Christmas is over, all the mince pies and puddings are not in the table anymore but on our hips, the weather is horrible, our bank account is not as prosperous as it used to be and it is Monday.

If you felt miserable this morning, don't worry because your were not the only one. Today, and since 2005, is Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year.

Cliff Arnall identified it as the Monday of the last full week of January. On his research he worked with variables like the weather, debt levels and failed New Year's resolutions. Even if you don't believe in pseudoscience, recent studies show that today people is muddier, sadder and more negative than usual. 

And what is worse, lawyers are calling this day Divorce Monday because it is the most popular day to start with these proceedings.

So, try to spend the day as best as you can and think in positive. Tomorrow it is going to be a better day.

Germany: memories of a nation at British Museum

Volkswagen Beetle Type 1, 1953

Germany, the country where the biggest forced migration in Europe’s history took place, will be the new protagonist at the British Museum. The exposition Germany: memories of a nation will be open from the 16th of October until the 25th of January in the Room 35. The display will gather around 200 objects that will showcase the history of this country from the past 600 years. 

The exhibition coincides with the commemoration of the D-Day, the start of the Great War and the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (the 9th of November, 1989). It will be planned around four different themes: floating frontiers; empire and nation; arts and achievement; crisis and memory.

The show will display the technological, historical and art achievements that defined Germany's development. Gutenberg, Hitler, the Bauhaus artists, Kafka, Martin Luther and Napoleon are just some of the protagonist of this spectacular exhibition.