William Cook

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Nothing is as it seems

  • 02 July 2009
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The new Magritte Museum gives William Cook a fresh perspective on Brussels, the capital of surrealism

Box of delights

  • 14 May 2009
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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
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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

West used to be best

  • 14 June 2007

The Kennedy museum in Berlin is a reminder of a fraught, yet optimistic age

Sea, sand and show-offs

  • 12 February 2007

The Theatre Royal Brighton is celebrating its 200th birthday. William Cook visits a city of exhibitionists

Air of unreality

  • 05 February 2007

William Cook finds that today's town planners have restored Dresden's historic buildings, but not its spirit

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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