William Cook

Articles by William Cook

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Our darkest knight

  • 22 April 2002

St George: Patron Saint of England Christopher Stace Triangle, 99pp, £7.99 ISBN 0281054150

Crowning moment

  • 15 April 2002

In memoriam, the Queen Mother - Pomp and ceremony. William Cook rediscovers an anthropological relic

Pilgrim's progress

  • 01 April 2002

Even in our godless age, spiritual journeys are as important as they were six hundred years ago, when Chaucer's motley crew set off for Canterbury. William Cook follows in their footsteps to celebrate the cathedral's 1,400th birthday

Shooting Hitler

  • 11 February 2002

Profile - William Cook on the contentious career of the woman who made the Nazis beautiful

Pop princess

  • 28 January 2002

Music - William Cook inspects Diana's CD collection and discovers she was a pleb at heart

Club for heroes

  • 21 January 2002

Music - William Cook on how the boys in skirts are back in town

The dog that barked in the night. William Cook on the enduring appeal of The Hounds of the Baskervilles, 100 years after first publication

  • 17 December 2001

The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Penguin, £4.99 ISBN 014043786X

Local currency

  • 19 November 2001

Money - William Cook on how regional interests gave way to national myths on our banknotes

It's time we moved on from the Holocaust

  • 29 October 2001

To outsiders, Berlin is the city of the Final Solution. But in truth, the German capital is host to the fastest-growing Jewish community in the world, reports William Cook

Postcards from abroad

  • 22 October 2001

Art - William Cook discovers that Turner is prized in Germany

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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