Germany
Europeans no longer fear Germany. But do the Germans still fear themselves?
Germans are beginning to recognise that they will not always be able to stay out of military conflicts
How to fight Europe’s demons of deflation
The new fear haunting Europe
We know that war is hell. But it doesn’t ever make us stop doing it
There’s a plausible theory — recently rehearsed in the BBC’s excellent two-part documentary The Lion’s Last Roar? — that our…
What Angela Merkel really wants (it's not good news for Dave)
The German Chancellor has a lot in common with David Cameron – which is why she can’t afford to help him very much
Fury: the men blow stuff up, then Brad Pitt takes his top off
Fury is a second world war drama that plays with us viscerally and unsparingly — I think I saw a…
Storm warning: the world economy’s October troubles aren’t over yet
October is always a turbulent month, and I’m feeling uneasy about this one. The FTSE100 index, which looked set to…
Europe will reconcile with Russia, and soon. It can’t afford not to
The West will have to drop sanctions on Russia – or face another global economic crash
Tate Modern’s latest show feels like it’s from another planet
‘Some day we shall no longer need pictures: we shall just be happy.’ — Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, 1966…
All my doubts about Anselm Kiefer are blown away by his Royal Academy show
In the Royal Academy’s courtyard are two large glass cases or vitrines containing model submarines. In one the sea has…
The enigma of Werner Herzog
William Cook watches a new box set from the BFI that reveals the full extent of the German director’s genius – and insanity
Six decades and two chat-up lines
Gstaad In this freewheeling Swiss village of the 1950s, the unconventional was the norm and monumental drinking commonplace, but the…
Hitler’s Valkyrie: Unity Mitford at 100
Unity Mitford at 100
Any other business: trouble spots in European banking
‘1914: Day by Day’, the Radio 4 series by the historian Margaret MacMillan, is a gripping reminder that significant global…
The Spectator's Notes: Max Clifford's conviction vindicates juries. But so did the acquittals
The conviction of Max Clifford for indecent assaults feels like a vindication of the jury system, as did the acquittal…
Nigel Farage’s diary: Comfort for Cameron, and the wonders of German traffic
What a week! I was thrilled to have a chance to confront Nick Clegg but my excitement was tempered with…
Putin is making the West's Cold Warriors look like fools
Russia is making the West look posturing, weak and divided
Only Angela Merkel can save David Cameron now
British politicians still prize a visit from the President of the United States above all others. Yet no American President…
The man who gave the world (but not London) the glass skyscraper
Modern Architecture, capitalised thus, is now securely and uncontroversially compartmentalised into art history, its bombast muted, its hard-edge revolutions blurred…
Blackout Britain — why our energy crisis is only just beginning
Politicians, not the Big Six, have jacked up the price of power. And they’re only just getting started
Has Germany confronted its Nazi past? Not where art is concerned
The discovery of a hoard of lost paintings is a reminder that denial still exists in the German art world
Why Britain’s economy will overtake Germany’s
Why the UK economy will one day overtake Germany
Merkel will win - because my fellow Germans dare not speak of national self interest
Germany’s integrationalist elite are prepared to pay out forever to protect the euro
Andrew Marr’s diary: Holidays after a stroke, and what the Germans really think of us
It’s been a strange summer. After a stroke, holidays are not what they used to be. We went to Juan-les-Pins…