Keeping Up With the Germans: A History of Anglo-German Encounters

Inspired by his own experiences of living in Hamburg and London, Philip Oltermann looks at eight historical encounters between English and German people from the last two hundred years: Helmut Kohl tries to explain German cuisine to the Iron Lady, the Mini plays catch-up with the Volkswagen Beetle, and Joe Strummer has an unlikely brush with the Baader-Meinhof gang. What emerges is nothing less than an alternative national story for two countries and their complicated relationship.