On 30 June 2010, the FSB broke into my office again. They unplugged the Internet, opened the window and left the phone off the hook, placing it next to my laptop. The message was clear: we are still here. — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school,… — Luke Harding Copy Share
“Comey had turned away from his upbringing and embraced various kinds of evangelism. He wrote his thesis on how the evangelist teacher Jerry Falwell… — Luke Harding Copy Share
Under the Assads, Kurds were forbidden from learning their own language at school, or even from speaking it in the military. The result is… — Luke Harding Copy Share
“The oversight mechanism in the US may have been broken, but in Russia it didn’t exist.” — Luke Harding Copy Share
Strict shopping laws mean that most German shops close on Saturday afternoons, reopening only on Monday when everybody is back at work. — Luke Harding Copy Share
“Given Germany’s totalitarian backstory – the Nazis then communists – it was hardly surprising that Snowden’s revelations caused outrage. In fact, a newish noun… — Luke Harding Copy Share
“Snowden was horrified to discover that behind bars he would have no access to a computer.” — Luke Harding Copy Share
“The US’s main clandestine objective in Mexico was to keep tabs on the country’s drug cartels. A” — Luke Harding Copy Share
On 30 June 2010, the FSB broke into my office again. They unplugged the Internet, opened the window and left the phone off the… — Luke Harding Copy Share
There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G.… — Luke Harding Copy Share
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six,… — Luke Harding Copy Share
Taking your clothes off in front of strangers is something of a hobby in Germany, among both men and women, especially in the former… — Luke Harding Copy Share
“The encounter demonstrated the difference between newspaper cultures on either side of the pond. In the US, three big newspapers enjoy a virtual monopoly.… — Luke Harding Copy Share
My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the… — Luke Harding Copy Share
“Snowden’s itinerary does, however, seem to bear the fingerprints of Julian Assange. Assange was often quick to criticise the US and other western nations… — Luke Harding Copy Share
