In this thoughtfully considered article, staff writer Beattie Green sensitively reviews Olivia Wenzel’s debut novel 1000 Serpentinen Angst. In doing so, she explores the questions it raises, which, in some way or another, come to affect all of us.

Sofia Johanson, editor of the Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia section, comments on the ascendance of the far-right in Germany with the help of a novel published in 1947.

Cassie Penny looks into why the Saxon accent is so unpopular in Germany and why this attitude should be changed.

Tom Taylor explores the role Angela Merkel has played in German, European and world politics in the past two decades and the legacy she has left behind.