William Cook

Articles by William Cook

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Pretty, gritty city

  • 09 December 2010
  • 3 comments

Europe’s rust belt is now a cultural hot spot

Roll over, Berlin

  • 28 September 2010
  • 1 comment

William Cook finds Germany in microcosm at Bonn’s Beethovenfest.

Cold war modern

  • 19 November 2009
  • 1 comment

Remnants of the wall are luring tourists to Berlin

Nothing is as it seems

  • 02 July 2009
  • 1 comment

The new Magritte Museum gives William Cook a fresh perspective on Brussels, the capital of surrealism

Box of delights

  • 14 May 2009
  • 2 comments

The seemingly sleepy county town of Bedford hides a treasure trove of art, discovers William Cook

Fame and the little fat one

  • 15 January 2009

Whisper it in Morecambe, but on his own Eric wasn't all that funny. He needed something solid to bounce off. Without Ernie, his humour is too broad

Loving the Germans

  • 04 December 2008
  • 1 comment

Observations on football

Goodbye to the Reich

  • 24 April 2008

William Cook retraces his grandmother's steps in Hamburg as she fled the bombs and eloped to Britain

Location, location

  • 24 January 2008

William Cook on how the city of Antwerp helped him develop a love for a masterpiece by Rubens

Chocolate box Mozart

  • 09 August 2007

Salzburg was slow to cash in on its leading son, but now celebrates him in marzipan

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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