— is the highlight of the city’s social calendar. This year’s version was controversial before it even started, with much protest about the latest Austrian politics. And then…at the ball itself, an actor made up to be Hitler, jumped out of a Rolls, “marched straight into the opera house, giving Hitler’s salute and nodding to astonished guests in white tie, tails and ball gowns.” As the actor – who claimed he was making an anti-Haider protest – was dragged away by security staff, he shouted “I’m back. I’m here to greet my people”. – London Evening Standard