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Sunday Feature: Ideas of Germany

Series 1, episode 0

Anne McElvoy considers why, in spite of Germany being Europe's pre-eminent and unrivalled power, its largest economy and the Continent's most potent political force, it has a less clear idea of its cultural role. Anne, who studied in East Berlin's Humboldt University and was later a journalist based there, revisits Germany's capital to find out reasons for this paradox, and also to consider how should we in Britain, profoundly affected by Germany and the country's ideas of itself, understand the nation today. Anne talks to eminent writers, artists and figures in the performing arts as well as those who observe the broader cultural and political scene to see how those active in Germany's cultural world see their homeland. She reveals what this tells us about how contemporary Germans see their history, their present and their future