Andrew Hammel
Andrew Hammel is a bilingual American lawyer, writer, and translator based in Düsseldorf
Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic