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Where the Generals Lay

Die Ruhestätte der Feldherren

Where the Generals Lay

The Berlin Wall ran ruthlessly through everything – homes, city squares and even burial grounds. One of these ...

Berlin Block

Berlin Block

Tilted awkwardly “as if Chaplin was turning on his shoe”, this 77-ton Richard Serra ‘Berlin Block’ is both ...

Bridge of Spies

Agentenbrücke

Bridge of Spies

Was it optimism or irony that made them name the bridge the Brücke der Einheit (Bridge of Unity)?

Asian Encounters II

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Asian Encounters II

I noticed him whilst I was hanging around a Bahnhof entrance in Neukölln, waiting to photograph the station ...

‘Wessis’ in my Drawer

'Wessis' in meiner Schublade

‘Wessis’ in my Drawer

Looking for press studs for a cushion cover, I was stunned to discover this in my sewing kit – in Malaysia. The ...

Germany’s Day of Destiny

Der Deutsche Schicksalstag

Germany’s Day of Destiny

The 9th of November has become synonymous with Fall-of-the-Berlin-Wall celebrations...

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