Berlin Wall

THE FALL OF BERLIN WALL / A PERSONAL FOOTNOTE

A year ago today, the world celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A small part of that history is my personal history...

Wall for nothing: The growing taste for border fences

Globalisation is supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.

November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015

A PERSONAL FOOTNOTE

A year ago today, the world celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A small part of that history is my personal history...

August 22, 2015
August 22, 2015

Wall for nothing: The growing taste for border fences

Globalisation is supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.