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Matthias Matussek

Matthias Matussek heads the London bureau of the German magazine Der Spiegel.

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The Britishness of Brits (by a German)

Matthias Matussek, London correspondent of “Der Spiegel” (and brother to the German ambassador to Britain), bids farewell to a nation he loves to chastise and a city he adores.

My personal VE Day

On the eve of Victory in Europe Day, Matthias Matussek demands the British give up their obsession with Second World War triumphalism