Broadcast from the Berlin Story bookshop

Almost the start of the World Have Your Say broadcast for the Berlin Story bookshop.

What is the next ‘wall’?

Hillary Clinton says, “Our history did not end the night the wall came down.” Her point is that there are many more walls that stand between people and freedom. Many of you are celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, but which barrier would you like to see come down next?

Wunder gibt es immer wieder or Miracles can happen

Here are Charlotte Wolff and Sonke Seig talking about their play ‘Wunder gibt es immer’. They are performing it downstairs at the Berlin Story bookshop were we are doing our broadcast from later.

 

Walking away from the Brandenburg Gate

Ros at Brandenburg Gate

Ros at the Brandenburg Gate ahead of the celebrations and festivities.

Have we fallen out of love with capitalism?

Historians may disagree on the detail, but most would agree that a desire to have democracy and capitalism lay at heart of why the Berlin wall came down. Many believed this was it – liberal democracy and free market capitalism would sweep the world as the undeniable logic of both systems defeated all the alternatives. To be honest as a 15 year-old watching the fall of communism, I can remember writing much the same in a history essay the time. But things haven’t quite worked out like that, judging by a survey today.

What the fall of the wall meant to me: 3

What the fall of the wall meant to me: 2

What the fall of the wall meant to me: 1

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