What began as an academic text on the Enlightenment-era philosopher morphed into an epistolary novel that playfully mirrors 21st-century communication
Wild Geese: Denis Madden, Berlin
Director Grant Lee takes Silver Bear for movie featuring Newry actor Valene Kane, with screenplay by Mark O’Halloran
These pronouncements from a Turkish exile would have appeared overly pessimistic a few years ago. Now they seem prescient
I once knew Dublin inside out, but cities are not known for standing still. A new generation of Dubliners owns the city now
From slippery pavements to a fumbling official, winter has become the latest entry under Germany’s myth of efficiency
There’s plenty to spice up a city break across Europe in the first six months of the year
Is the economic order under which we live even capable of providing us with basic necessities?
From shrimp skin in Beijing to chicken livers in Syria and cherry schnapps in Berlin, the quality and value available in other countries are striking
Our correspondent chose an unassuming, family-run restaurant and found a mouth-popping experience
Many German Muslims say they face a new level of hostility in post-October 7th Germany, and a young imam is leading a plan to clean up the city’s mess on New Year’s Day
Once dismissed as obscene, Helga Goetze’s street sermons on sex and pacifism are being reappraised as the city confronts its radical past
European leaders say proposed security guarantees agreed with US include a Ukrainian peacetime army of 800,000 troops and European-led military support force
Failing to produce the goods on huge package of financial aid to Kyiv would be hugely damaging for Europe
Attitudes sour over history of occupation and contemporary security pressures overshadow latest rapprochement
Paris and Berlin latest to reintroduce measure to strengthen forces as US steps back from Continent
Full of misery, and peopled by characters unable to distinguish their true desires, Viola van de Sandt’s debut novel makes for uneasy reading
In the post-pandemic years the club faced rising costs and fewer patrons, especially younger ones
Donegal-born writer Liam Cagney finds meaning, exile and joy on Berlin’s dance floors
For survivors, the installation is about bringing the tragedy and trauma of the attacks to a world where attention has shifted to the human cost of the conflict in Gaza
A new English edition of Shaw’s memoir reveals how she became a household name in Berlin with a children’s classic
It’s striking how many friends in Ireland say privately what they don’t dare say in public, on everything from Kneecap to Michael D Higgins to Hamas
A few years into my Berlin Sunday clubbing routine, I learned I was autistic. Dance is my yoga, my workout, my meditation
Move represents stark reversal of Berlin’s previous scepticism about tapping seized assets
This wasn’t the first time my sister had been violently assaulted by German police at a pro-Palestine protest
Investigation under way into assault on O’Brien who claims police brutality expected in pro-Palestine demonstrations
Irish Berlin-based activist Kitty O’Brien is recovering in hospital following an altercation with a police officer
Video shows Dubliner Kitty O’Brien (25) punched by officer during protest over journalists killed in Gaza
Julia Klöckner has been pursued across Germany by gossip columnists this summer, but is there another agenda afoot?
For Luke Rainey, growing up gay in Portstewart, fashion was an escape
From bus attacks to Holocaust comparisons, some in the Jewish community report a surge in hostility following arms sales restriction
Zubok argues that the West played a key role in creating the Russia we face today
Radical policy shift a response to series of fatal attacks and to rise of far-right AfD
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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