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A Briton who loves Europe but manages to remain a little sceptical at the same time

For Adrian Taylor, who hails from Britain, Europe is both a passion and a career. The political scientist gives advice to companies on European matters and longs for an EU with more grassroots democracy. more...

Painting in English - apprentices shuttle between Dortmund and Poole

Young trainees from Dortmund have been learning English painting techniques and painters in Dorset now spray walls in the German way. more...

British humour and German bread: The wit and wisdom of JazzRadio boss Julian Allitt

Jazz fans get their full money's worth with British radioman Julian Allitt and his radio station JazzRadio 101.9 in Berlin has since gained an international following. more...

English playwright pens a travel guide to Ruhr region

«I did it out of sheer desperation,» said Roy Kift. His book has become a surprise seller and has even been translated into Dutch. more...

A conservative Briton is building a political career in Germany

In the centre-right CDU party of Chancellor Angela Merkel he is regarded as a rising star with great potential - David McAllister is a half-British and half-German. more...

High tea, cricket and polo: Hamburg is the most British of German cities

The people of Hamburg and Britain are linked by more than trade alone, says Sue Austin, who has been organising the city's celebrated «British Day» for more than a decade. more...

Frankfurt has largest English-language theatre on the European continent

The English Theatre in Frankfurt nearly gave up the ghost. But it found sponsors, reconstituted itself, and moved into bigger and better quarters. more...

Elegance and discretion are the mark of Berlin's top butler

In a cutaway by day, and evenings in tails, Dirk Ricardo Duerner shines in the five-star Hotel Adlon Kempinski. more...

He may be in the Rhineland but this steel man's heart beats for England

British-born scientist Philip James Ennis develops new amazing materials at the Research Centre in rural Juelich. He keeps in touch with home by watching BBC television. more...

A picnic delivered to your park ... and art for dessert

The British picnicking tradition is becoming increasingly more popular in Germany and two artists in the city have started the first picnic delivery service. more...

Sweet or sour - Bahlsen scientists go in search of the «European taste»

The English like them rich, the Italiens prefer them to be firm and the French do not like them bitter - baking buscuits in Hanover is an exact science. more...

«Berlin was inspiring» - Singer Andy Bell on Germany's capital

When the Berlin Wall came down, Andy Bell, singer in the pop duo Erasure, spent several months in the city. He particularly enjoyed the anonymity. more...

German "hock" holds favour with British royalty

The British can thank Queen Victoria for coming up with the term «hock» for white wine. A vineyard in Hessen supplies British royalty to this day. more...

German professor catches Shakespeare fever after reading Macbeth at school

Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel pursues her quarry with the endurance of a long-distance runner. This German professor of English has been able to clear up several mysteries surrounding Shakespeare's life. more...

Wine critic Stuart Pigott detests prententious wine drinkers

A Briton is one of the most important wine connoisseurs in Germany and one with an unusual motto. To him a wine which people like is by definition a good wine. more...

German firm is supplying material for new Wembley Stadium

A family business in the Rhineland is supplying the steel cover for the facade of the new Wembley Stadium designed by star architect Norman Foster. more...

There's no business like snow business, says English expert

Lucien Stephenson is a snow specialist based in Germany. He calls his flakes «magic snow» and pours water on a white powder in his office to demonstrate. more...