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Ian Walker

A road runs along a stream that marks the border between Northern Ireland (left) and Ireland, at Castleblayney

Brexit | Opinion

The Irish border: a biography of a 100-year-old institution

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Adam Clayton (far left), The Edge (back), Bono (front) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (far right) form the rock band U2.

Music

U2 - Globalisation's poster boys

Ian Walker

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Trümmerfrauen - literally 'rubble' women - at work as Germany's post-war rebuilding operation begins

Angela Merkel | Opinion

How Germany's post-war economic revival set it on course for liberal...

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Actors Jon Voight (left) and Anthony Perkins (1932 - 1992) star in the film 'Catch-22', 1970. (Photo

Catch-22: The cinematic masterpiece that flopped

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Erich Mielke, the 20th century's forgotten moster. Photo: Thonfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images

The 20th century’s forgotten monster: Erich Mielke

Ian Walker

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A new HBO mini-series tells the story of the Chernobyl disaster. Picture: HBO

Chernobyl - The night the Soviet Union burned down

Ian Walker

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An illustration from Robinson Crusoe, in Words of One Syllable by Mary Godolphin. Photo by Jennifer

Daniel Defoe: Castaway from convention

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Ipswich Town captain Luke Chambers Picture: Steve Waller www.stephenwaller.com

Ipswich Town, relegation and a sad Brexit allegory

Ian Walker

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A hole is seen in the dome inside the damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Tuesday, April 16, 2019

What do Europe’s cathedrals really stand for?

Ian Walker

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The Westland/Saunders-Roe SR.N2 hovercraft on the Solent, August 31st 1964. Picture: Getty Images

Blown away: How the hovercraft tells the story of British decline

Ian Walker

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