Nearly 9,000 have now watched this interview of Jacob Rees-Mogg by Sarah Vine and me. Polite, but reasonably revelatory, even enjoyable. youtu.be/xQeu_VrfyCw?si… via YouTube

7am on New Year’s moning, #Berlin by László Moholy-Nagy (1930).

#Coldwar "Moment in the Sun", #Berlin 1976, East #Germany Military parade down Unter den Linden. #GDR #DDR #FridayFeeling #socialism #socialismo #comunismo #Communism #komünizm #共产主义 #Kommunisme #socialist #Communist #History

Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, 28 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin #up280425

I wrote this 15 years ago after visiting Crimea and the Don Basin. 'Ukrainians force Russians to turn their backs on their language and change their names' . I predicted trouble. I had no idea how bad it would be . 'hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2010/09/as-ukr…

#Coldwar "Desolate View", #Berlin 1985, East #Germany No man's land at the wall was wide and deadly. #GDR #DDR #Berlinwall #Mauer #HistoryMatters #coldwarhist #Socialism #SOCIALISMO #comunismo #communism #socialist #communist #History

Despite its slightly menacing tone (Germany wants to see me?! I deny everything! It wasn't me!), this is one fine pre-WW2 poster. No wonder, considering it was designed by Jupp (Joseph) Wiertz, incredibly talented German graphic designer whose career took off once he moved to

Big Brother is Watching You Verkehrsturm (Traffic Control Tower) in East #Berlin’s Karl-Marx-Allee at Frankfurter Tor, and on the cover of an excellent magazine „Der Deutsche Straßenverkehr”. Published 1953-1990 by Transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen in Berlin, it was a

George Grosz, Street scene in Berlin, A new song, 1932, Watercolor, Reed pen and pen and ink on paper

#ThisCulturalLife: Anselm Kiefer This is a special one, a great finale to one of our best series yet. Listen from Thursday ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ & ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ ⁦We’ll be back with TCL s12 at the end of Aug, stellar guestlist already taking shape. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Beer labels from the GDR.

Joe Caroff, the designer of the iconic #JamesBond 007 logo, has sadly passed away at the mighty age of 103 🙏 ❤️ ✍️

Leipzig, 1984

A LIFE lesson from my friend,ex-Manager and Legend Alan Ball #ThrowbackThursday

A modern sports center in East Berlin, 1984. Photo by Leonard Freed.

East Berlin, 1980. Photo by Rudi Meisel.

#Coldwar "Monument Walled In", #Berlin 1973, East #Germany Brandenburg Gate seen from the West, from close to the #german parliament #Bundestag #GDR #brandenburggate #brandenburgertor #DDR #Berlinwall #mauer #communism #Socialism #comunismo #socialismo #History

Berlin, a rare view of the pre-wall sector border which later became Checkpoint Charlie, 3 Aug 1960. I post photographs taken on my Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin

#Coldwar " #Communism in the sun ", #Berlin 1980s, East #Germany Brandenburger Tor seen from the West. #GDR #DDR #socialism #socialismo #comunismo #socialist #communist #History

A pantomime theater group eats on a rooftop in East Berlin, 1984.