William Cook
Articles by William Cook
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Politics
The improbable hero
- 16 April 2001
His German grandfather was a feckless husband and a lousy father, but when William Cook began digging into his family history, he discovered a surprising and heroic episode
Goodbye to all that
- 26 March 2001
Film - William Cook welcomes the return of our favourite romance and its famous station
Politics
The enchanted city finds a new kind of beauty
- 12 February 2001
Sixty years ago, Dresden was bombed to rubble. William Cook visits the home of his German ancestors
Books
Novel of the week
- 04 December 2000
Too Far Afield Gunter Grass Faber & Faber, 672pp, £25 ISBN 0571190162
Books
Guilty secrets
- 16 October 2000
The German Trauma: experiences and reflections 1938-2000 Gitta Sereny Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 400pp, £20 ISBN 0713994568
Culture
Passion parade
- 02 October 2000
Every ten years, half a million visitors flock to a tiny Bavarian village to watch a medieval mystery play. William Cook makes the pilgrimage
Culture
It's no joke
- 11 September 2000
Political prisoners - William Cook on two Burmese comics imprisoned for spreading "false news"
Culture
The long drawn-out struggle
- 26 June 2000
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The walls of Northern Ireland provide a unique visual map to its political and cultural battles. William Cook takes a tour of the murals of Belfast
Culture
Dead or alive?
- 15 May 2000
Westerns - William Cook mourns the decline of TV's American cowboys
Culture
He who dares
- 01 May 2000
William Cook looks back to when Britannia ruled the waves and Dan Dare ruled the galaxies
