Deborah Cole
@deborahcole.bsky.social
Berlin correspondent, The Guardian
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Congratulations, Malak! Richly deserved www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in London
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November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Congratulations, Malak! Richly deserved www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Traffic stress, like most fraught political issues, is in the eye of the beholder. Berlin's been struggling to strike the right balance & critics say the pendulum has swung too far back toward cars & their drivers. On transport, culture wars & the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘The car belongs in Berlin’: city backpedaling on bike-friendly policies, critics say
Car-critical measures have been slashed since the conservative CDU came into power in 2023, triggering protests and dividing communities
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November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Traffic stress, like most fraught political issues, is in the eye of the beholder. Berlin's been struggling to strike the right balance & critics say the pendulum has swung too far back toward cars & their drivers. On transport, culture wars & the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Check out this gorgeously presented multimedia interview with Lynsey Addario on the 5 stories that shaped her career www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Love & War: From frontlines to family life. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career
Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Check out this gorgeously presented multimedia interview with Lynsey Addario on the 5 stories that shaped her career www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The Nord Stream riddle: echoes of mistrust ripple through Europe
The Nord Stream riddle: echoes of mistrust ripple through Europe
Three years after explosion that crippled Russian-German gas link, Polish court’s refusal to extradite Ukrainian suspect reignited old tensions
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November 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The Nord Stream riddle: echoes of mistrust ripple through Europe
In case you were wondering: the German noun could be Entprinzung www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Andrew: Die Entprinzung
Titel weg und raus aus dem Schloss: König Charles III. hat ein royales Urteil über seinen Bruder Andrew gefällt. Aber was tut jetzt die eigentliche britische Justiz?
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October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In case you were wondering: the German noun could be Entprinzung www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
It will never not be funny to me that Deutsche Bahn's default setting for its seat reservations separates couples
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It will never not be funny to me that Deutsche Bahn's default setting for its seat reservations separates couples
“As soon as they pass the cemetery gates, they just seem more empathetic, a little gentler.” This began as a little spooky season riff & went in surprising directions incl the cafes' roots in the Aids crisis, changing approaches to death & burial, & the life-affirming drive of those who run them
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
While cemeteries in the German capital have long been rooted in communities, some cafe owners have gone one step further
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October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“As soon as they pass the cemetery gates, they just seem more empathetic, a little gentler.” This began as a little spooky season riff & went in surprising directions incl the cafes' roots in the Aids crisis, changing approaches to death & burial, & the life-affirming drive of those who run them
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Absolutely delightful. Thank you, and thanks @deborahcole.bsky.social!
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Absolutely delightful. Thank you, and thanks @deborahcole.bsky.social!
Germany' 'oldest and biggest' gay nightclub, Berlin's SchwuZ, is closing its doors next month. I covered its last-ditch fight for survival over the summer and the hole it will leave in the community www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a.... www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDN...
Germany’s ‘oldest and biggest’ gay nightclub declares bankruptcy
SchwuZ, a 50-year-old dance hotspot, falls victim to inflation and rising rents threatening Berlin’s club scene
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October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Germany' 'oldest and biggest' gay nightclub, Berlin's SchwuZ, is closing its doors next month. I covered its last-ditch fight for survival over the summer and the hole it will leave in the community www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a.... www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDN...
Never doubt German engineering www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist
After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity
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October 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Never doubt German engineering www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Critics have accused Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, of adopting “dangerous” rhetoric on immigration, after he championed “very large scale” expulsions of people from cities – and claimed that anyone with daughters would agree with him www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations
German chancellor is accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration
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October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Critics have accused Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, of adopting “dangerous” rhetoric on immigration, after he championed “very large scale” expulsions of people from cities – and claimed that anyone with daughters would agree with him www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A Berlin ‘rubble woman’s’ boots, ca. 1945 Museum Ephraim Palais
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A Berlin ‘rubble woman’s’ boots, ca. 1945 Museum Ephraim Palais
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Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia
Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music video
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October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
My "your English teacher" Easter egg for the Swifties landed on the cutting room floor 😉 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My "your English teacher" Easter egg for the Swifties landed on the cutting room floor 😉 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
A truly stunning visualization of changing bird migration patterns and what it says about the state of the planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A truly stunning visualization of changing bird migration patterns and what it says about the state of the planet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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German coalition in row over push to bring back conscription www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @deborahcole.bsky.social
German coalition in row over push to bring back conscription
Parties blame each other after bill halted at last minute, as fears grow over voluntary service and lottery idea is vetoed
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October 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
German coalition in row over push to bring back conscription www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @deborahcole.bsky.social
As an American I was only glancingly familiar with Jilly Cooper’s oeuvre but this is such a cracking take on her importance to the culture (last segment)
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from The Economist
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from The Economist
Liberté, égalité, désordre: chaos in France
Also on the daily podcast: San Francisco’s driverless taxis and celebrating Jilly Cooper
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October 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As an American I was only glancingly familiar with Jilly Cooper’s oeuvre but this is such a cracking take on her importance to the culture (last segment)
economist.com/podcasts/202...
from The Economist
economist.com/podcasts/202...
from The Economist
The goshawk is thriving in bustling capitals such as Berlin, Amsterdam and Prague and the apex predator could be heading to a city near you. Uplifting one by Ajit Niranjan www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities
Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London
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October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The goshawk is thriving in bustling capitals such as Berlin, Amsterdam and Prague and the apex predator could be heading to a city near you. Uplifting one by Ajit Niranjan www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Another great read from Salzburg by @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig
The car magnate, who is restoring the Jewish author’s former villa, has been given permission to dig out a 500-metre road leading to a garage, causing consternation in the city
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October 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Another great read from Salzburg by @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Telling graphic on the gender pay gap in east & west Germany 35 years on, on Unity Day www.ostbeauftragte.de/ostb-de/aktu...
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Telling graphic on the gender pay gap in east & west Germany 35 years on, on Unity Day www.ostbeauftragte.de/ostb-de/aktu...
Bellingcat volunteers using AI joined forces with a German historian to solve an enduring mystery of the Holocaust - who was the Nazi killer from the picture once known as The Last Jew in Vinnitsa, a chilling image kept as a 'trophy' from the massacres in Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
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October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bellingcat volunteers using AI joined forces with a German historian to solve an enduring mystery of the Holocaust - who was the Nazi killer from the picture once known as The Last Jew in Vinnitsa, a chilling image kept as a 'trophy' from the massacres in Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Night train services linking Paris, Berlin and Vienna are to end from mid-December because of the French government’s withdrawal of funding, the Austrian national rail operator has said, in a blow to sleeper travel on important European routes www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
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September 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Night train services linking Paris, Berlin and Vienna are to end from mid-December because of the French government’s withdrawal of funding, the Austrian national rail operator has said, in a blow to sleeper travel on important European routes www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘Pasta grannies’ selling fresh orecchiette in southern Italy are fighting back after being accused of tricking tourists with bought wares. Lovely one by Angela Giuffrida www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Barricades in Bari: why the city’s ‘pasta grannies’ are under scrutiny
Sellers of fresh orecchiette in southern Italy are fighting back after being accused of tricking tourists with bought wares
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September 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
‘Pasta grannies’ selling fresh orecchiette in southern Italy are fighting back after being accused of tricking tourists with bought wares. Lovely one by Angela Giuffrida www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Der Herbst kann kommen
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Der Herbst kann kommen
Thanks to the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe for organizing the timely, packed Freya von Moltke doc screening in Berlin tonight - a love story that has only grown in its impact & poetic power. Not a dry eye…
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thanks to the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe for organizing the timely, packed Freya von Moltke doc screening in Berlin tonight - a love story that has only grown in its impact & poetic power. Not a dry eye…