World Cup 2010 blog
Check out this blog I wrote together with journalist David Sharp for The Local during the World Cup. It covers Germany’s thrilling campaign, and casts an analytical eye on German media coverage of the...
View ArticleOktoberfest all over the world
Beer in Palestine? Oompah music in Ho Chi Minh City? With Munich’s legendary beer bash Oktoberfest about to celebrate its 200th anniversary, Ben Knight takes a look at the impact of Bavaria’s cultural...
View ArticleTouring the Oktoberfest nostalgia-zone
The Munich Oktoberfest is celebrating its 200th anniversary by reserving a corner of the Wiesn as a historical tribute to the festivals of yore. I took a tour of the nostalgia-zone. Read it in The...
View ArticleTop ten German inventions
The last century would have been very different if it hadn’t been for the German genius for technological innovation. The Local rates the top ten Teutonic inventions that have changed your life. Read...
View Article50 years of Turks in Germany
Nalan Arkat, general secretary of the Turkish Community in Germany (TGD), tells The Local why the 50th anniversary of the labour agreement between Germany and Turkey is a time for reflection, not...
View ArticleInterview with a former neo-Nazi
A former neo-Nazi tells The Local how he broke out of extremism, describes violence in the far-right scene and offers his view of the latest revelations about neo-Nazi terrorism in Germany. Read it in...
View Article‘German hooligans look up to the English’
Football violence is increasing in Germany, with reports of trouble at games now almost every week. At the same time, the Bundesliga is booming. The Local asked Jacob Sweetman of No Dice magazine to...
View ArticleBerlin schools ‘racially segregating’ children
Several primary and secondary schools in Berlin are segregating migrant children into classes with “vastly inferior education,” to attract “ethnic Germans,” an NGO has told a United Nations Human...
View ArticleGermans get ready for fiery Mayan death
So how are the Germans preparing for Friday’s Mayan-calendar inspired apocalypse? While the Maya hysteria is debunked by scientists and ethnologists, Ben Knight finds that people really are unprepared...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Germany should stop arming the world
Germany’s weapons industry is booming, and even the vice chancellor’s attempt to stop selling tanks to the Saudis is a minor concession for the world’s third biggest arms exporter. But the trade is...
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