Hinterfragen: asking questions.

### Reader’s letter to The Guardian, 8th May 2025 ### Dear Editor, I greatly enjoyed John Brunton’s article on his journey around Luxembourg (The Guardian, 7th May 2025, link below). Indeed, this reminded me of several cycling and public-transport visits that I have made to that region (including Trier and Metz: also great locations!). Here…

### Reader’s Letter to The Financial Times, 2nd May 2025 ### Dear Editor, I was most sad to read Patricia Nilsson’s report on the 176-year-old train factory in Görlitz switching to the production of components for tanks (Financial Times, 23rd April 2025, link below). For me this is a sign-of-the-times in two very shocking ways…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 12th April 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Martin Pengelly’s report on Ron Klain’s revelations (in Chris Whipple’s book) on President Biden’s frailty and the confusion in the run-up to his dropping out of the 2024 campaign (The Guardian, 2. April 2025, link below) with both shock and sorrow.…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 11th April 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Helena Horton’s article on the rejection of planning permission for a new coal-mine in Cumbria (The Guardian, 4th April 2025, link below) and an important penny dropped for me: I realised that this kind of decision is a prime manifestation of…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 23rd. March 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Kate Connolly’s piece on the German parliament passing €500bn of extra debt to “counter Putin’s war of aggression” (The Guardian, 18th March 2025, link below) and must admit that this “about turn” by Friedrich Merz (and the fact that it was…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 22nd March 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Fiona Harvey’s very sobering report on retreating glaciers (The Guardian, 21st March 2025, link below) and certainly agree that this puts the world at extreme peril. But the thing that struck me is that the Guardian repeatedly publishes excellent reports on…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 21st March 2025 ### Dear Editor, As the world descends into craziness with Donald Trump quick-firing his executive orders and his opponents (both in the US and in Europe) slamming his every move, it feels like there is not just one bull in the global china-shop but rather a…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 7th March 2025 ### Dear Editor, With controversy about the war in Ukraine bubbling away and views in the US and Europe diverging, I found myself spending a day in Malaga and noticed that, all around me, I was hearing more Russia than Spanish. Of course it probably wasn’t…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 25th February 2025 ### Dear Editor, As the dust settles on the German election, I am reflecting on how politically homeless I feel. As it is, there are three things that I wish for: More peace (or at least diplomatic contact), a little less EU and, less Globalisation*. My…

### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 13th February 2025 ### Article with contributions by Adam Herriott, Mark Miodownik, Alison Colclough & Melanie Jaeger-Erben Dear Editor, I read Emma Beddington’s report on trying to do without single-use items for a month (The Guardian, 12th February 2025, link below) and greatly sympathise with her. Indeed, bravo to…