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
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it