Germany

How a habitual jailbird became one of Germany’s most famous authors by writing about a Wild West he’d never visited

The former German chancellor has played it smart again by shrouding her memoirs in secrecy ahead of their release

From Sally Bowles to George Smiley by way of Kreuzberg and Alexanderplatz, the best books about Berlin

How the band may have played a bigger part in the country’s history than is yet appreciated

Sent from Berlin to London to escape the Nazis, artist Frank Auerbach – who died earlier this month – painted his new surroundings over and over again

The Jewish German writer antagonised Hitler’s regime with every action she took. To me, she was also family

Two stunning exhibitions at the Helmut Newton Foundation celebrate the great photographer and the city he escaped from

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

Bonhoeffer fought against exclusion and for those who couldn’t fight for themselves

In September, the senate suddenly announced 10% cuts to the city’s arts budget

As the coalition falls, the chancellor was pushed to call an election earlier than he planned

German politics is now a dysfunctional mess and it’s all Olaf Scholz’s fault. With Trump looming, the timing couldn’t be worse

Germany is issuing licences to groups who will report (what they think is) illegal and detrimental content on social media platforms

If a new novel is to be believed, the former German chancellor retired to the countryside and started solving murders

The art school embodied a renewed liberal spirit in the Weimar Republic but also had complex intersections with the Nazi Party

Graham was one of the most high-profile critics of Reagan’s visit to Bitburg. It was personal

His appointment as England manager has raised eyebrows in Germany, but he is a world-class coach who x-rays his opponents like no one else

The England football team’s new coach is German - and for some that outweighs his winning record and a real coup by the FA

All eyes are on vice-chancellor Habeck as his plans for the party fail to pay off

In Thuringia’s parliament, what should have been standard protocol was turned into a farce, engineered by AfD

EU institutions have got into the nasty habit of making concessions to populists who have spent their lives railing against Brussels

Despite neo-Nazi and antisemitism scandals, the Freedom Party FPÖ won the European elections in June

The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) is finding it hard to keep up with espionage's identity crisis

Scooter have found themselves at the heart of a minor diplomatic incident between Germany and the UK

German voters are not becoming extremists. They are just fed up

Keir Starmer’s trip to Germany and France feels empty without rejoining the scheme

The far right AfD is poised for major wins this weekend’s eastern state elections amid rising discontent

During the singer’s 10-night residency in Munich, she understood exactly what Germans need to hear

Since 2017, Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the right) has grown into a national and international force

Brecht lived through some of Europe’s darkest times yet still produced some of the 20th century’s boldest, most influential and epoch-defining theatre