William Cook

Articles by William Cook

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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

Britain's forgotten hero

  • 23 October 2006
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How has it happened that the man who did more than any other to bring about the abolition of slavery is today without honour in his own country?

A world apart

  • 18 September 2006
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Sitges is the gay holiday capital of Europe. But that is changing as families invade

Light entertainment

  • 28 August 2006

The Blackpool Illuminations attract more visitors than the Edinburgh Festival, but are ignored by snooty arts critics

The happy holiday we outgrew

  • 17 July 2006

As Butlins celebrates its 70th birthday, William Cook pays tribute to a much-maligned British institution

The making of a Jew

  • 26 June 2006
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Sigmund Freud's cultural identity was central to the man and his work, finds William Cook

Tribal gathering

  • 08 May 2006

Photography - William Cook on an exhibition that charts the tragic demise of America’s indigenous past

Small town boy

  • 17 April 2006

We are used to thinking of Rembrandt van Rijn as Holland's greatest painter, yet as a young man he wasn't even the top artist in the small town of Leiden. William Cook revisits the master's early struggles

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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