European Eye

"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"

"Just how much Germany has changed is nowhere more visible than in the eyes of its most reluctant ally, Britain"

'With readership in decline, the German press faces not only a dire economic challenge but an identity crisis'

Can Adolf Hitler ever really be a figure of fun?

'Angela Merkel's mobile phone is her instrument of power. What happens when this tool of democracy is subverted by our most important ally?'

‘This is a German election and a Brit may argue you wouldn’t expect a flamboyant spectacle. But the current lethargy is a peculiar one’