European Eye
Why Poles like me are cheering for Brexit
Brexit is not good news for Poland. But many Poles like me look on Brexit with admiration and hope
Berlin’s Saviour
“The Humboldt Forum is a spectacular idea. But it will take the right intellectual architect to pull it off. We will have to trust Neil MacGregor”
Forgetting History
“The sudden rise of Pegida suggests Germany hasn’t found a way to digest the idea of immigration.”
Anglo-German Exchange
“Just how much Germany has changed is nowhere more visible than in the eyes of its most reluctant ally, Britain”
Words Matter
‘With readership in decline, the German press faces not only a dire economic challenge but an identity crisis’
Technology and transparency
‘From time to time, it can be productive to think freely about government across party lines’
Belonging with Britain
‘Maybe the British stance is not born out of an insular stubbornness-it may, on the contrary, re-invigorate the European idea itself’
The Controversy of Cornelius Gurlitt
The case of the art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt provides illuminating insights into the German character
Hitler Humour
Can Adolf Hitler ever really be a figure of fun?
A Sense of Belonging
That elusive sense of a homeland, Heimat, Mounk found only when he was free not to feel Jewish
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past