menu_open Columnists
Elisabeth Dampier

Elisabeth Dampier

The Spectator

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Is this email hack an attempt to destroy the AfD?

Hundreds of thousands of private emails from Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have been hacked and published online, exposing the inner...

22.10.2026 10

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Is this email hack an attempt to destroy the AfD?

Hundreds of thousands of private emails from Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have been hacked and published online, exposing the inner...

21.10.2026 10

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Could a steak chain heiress bring down Germany’s former spy chief?

Has a custody dispute involving the multi-millionaire heiress of a steak chain brought down the former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence...

08.10.2026 20

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Could a steak chain heiress bring down Germany’s former spy chief?

Has a custody dispute involving the multi-millionaire heiress of a steak chain brought down the former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence...

07.10.2026 10

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

A defection to the AfD has rattled Germany’s ruling party

For decades, Germany’s mainstream political parties have placed a firewall around the AfD (Alternative for Germany) and refused to work with or vote...

21.08.2026 40

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Germany is still in denial about the Berlin terror attack

The annual Christopher Street Day, as Pride parades are known in Germany, has been a fixture of Berlin’s cultural calendar since 1979. Yet what was...

27.07.2026 40

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

‘Make Germany normal again’: an interview with Germany’s exiled spy chief

Hans-Georg Maassen is an unlikely dissident. In his trademark three-piece suits and small glasses, he looks more like a law professor. Indeed, that is...

21.06.2026 60

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Hans free / Never date a German man

19.09.2025 50

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Hans free / Never date a German man

18.09.2025 40

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Never date a German man

18.09.2025 40

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

The chilling impact of Germany’s new self-ID law

22.08.2025 70

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier

Europe / J.D. Vance is right about Germany’s civilisational suicide

02.08.2025 50

The Spectator

Elisabeth Dampier