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Markus Hesselmann

Markus Hesselmann is the online editor of Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel and was the London correspondent of the same newspaper in 2007 and 2008

September 2014

  • Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit

    'Poor but sexy is not enough': the rise and fall of Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit

    ‘Wowi’ was a charming mayor with good hair who championed his city’s creativity but was felled by infrastructure projects and dismissing the plight of everyday people. Boris, take note

February 2011

  • Cobblestone stuck in a shop window, Berlin

    Berlin's gentrification needs radical ideas

    Markus Hesselmann
    Markus Hesselmann: Many on the left are anxious about rising prices eroding Berlin's soul – but this is a city where a balance is achievable