Features Stage Antisemitism No Salvation: The Deutsche Oper's Misguided Attempt to Tackle Israel-Palestine on Stage Ben Miller on Milo Rau’s Flying Dutchman: a reckoning with German guilt that flatters its audience and fails to name the genocide in Gaza. Oct 30, 2026
Features LGBTQ Police After the Raid: Casa Kuà and the Fight for Queer Berlin When 38 police officers stormed The Dolls, a trans support group at Casa Kuà, on Sunday, it marked a new phase of attack on an imperilled community. Oct 23, 2026
Features Books Interview Stage “There is a lie in the book”: Vincenzo Latronico on Perfection The Italian novelist on his hit novel Perfection, now adapted for the Volksbühne stage. Oct 15, 2026
Weekend What are you up to this weekend? We cast our eye across Berlin to provide a short roundup of what's going on from Thursday November 5 to Sunday November 8. Nov 3, 2026
News Police Mystery Guest at Berlin Security Conference Triggers Citywide Closures Closed airspace, rerouted buses and 3,400 police officers brought to the capital. But who is the keynote speaker at Berlin’s security conference? Nov 3, 2026
News Die Linke Court Report Elif Eralp Plans to Sue Der Spiegel Last week the magazine published her internal comments on a unpunlished interview, using them — and bizarre references to Voldemort — to drum up a high-drama scandal about security concerns. Nov 2, 2026
News AfD Politics Who Voted for the AfD in the Berlin Parliament Elections? The AfD candidate for House Vice President received 11 votes from members of other parties — and everyone seems to think it was the CDU. Oct 30, 2026
Accomplices Only Interview Antisemitism Wolfgang Benz: "Die Linke is not antisemitic" We spoke to one of Germany’s leading experts on antisemitism about the “unbelievable” attacks he’s faced for defending Die Linke – and why he’s not backing down. Oct 15, 2026
