Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Contrary to the old cultural stereotype that Germans have no sense of humour, comedy is becoming increasingly common in their fiction.

The lame attempts at humour wouldn’t have been out of place in ‘Allo ‘Allo. But even Major-General Von Klinkerhoffen might wince at some of the supposedly ‘comic’ captions on these German postcards ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - If anyone wants to know the German for "weasels covered in gravy", then comic Eddie Izzard, who unlike some of his countrymen is a lover of all things European, is the go-to man.

At first glance the plot seems unpromising. At the end of the 18th century two brilliant young Germans attempt to measure the world. One of them is Alexander von Humboldt, whose journeys in South ...

This piece in The New Republic is a bit of a mess. Jacob Silverman writes about how impossible it is to make a living doing freelance journalism, the “indignities that no worker should have to go ...

Claudia Sandberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

BERLIN – German humorist Vicco von Buelow, often cited by Germans as proof of their sense of humour and known to the nation simply by his nom de plume, “Loriot,” has died. He was 87. Von Buelow died ...

EVA ULLMANN took her master’s degree in 2002 on the part that humour has to play in psychotherapy, and became hooked on the subject. In 2005 she founded the German Institute for Humour in Leipzig. It ...

The German ambassador to the UK has insisted that his country does find John Cleese's infamous Fawlty Towers episode 'The Germans' funny due to its 'awkwardness'. Miguel Berger said he 'liked the ...

Sebastian Hotz, alias El Hotzo. [Photo by Malin Wunderlich/picture alliance via Getty Images] Berlin-based comedian Sebastian Hotz, known online as ‘El Hotzo’, has been found not guilty of posting ...

Whether it be efficiency, humourlessness or a love of a certain Baywatch star, there are many cliches stuck in the heads of foreigners about Germany. But how true are they? Just another day at the ...

With their teams long out, the English are resorting to humour ahead of the first all-German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at their sacred venue of Wembley. Poking ...