There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells, and Andre Gide. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“The oversight mechanism in the US may have been broken, but in Russia it didn’t exist.” — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Snowden was horrified to discover that behind bars he would have no access to a computer.” — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
“The US’s main clandestine objective in Mexico was to keep tabs on the country’s drug cartels. A” — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
