Following the seam of the Iron Curtain
I met people who risked their lives to escape from east to west
Timothy Phillips
Timothy Phillips is a historian and travel writer. His book The Curtain And The Wall: A Journey In The Shadow Of The Cold War will be published by Granta in October.
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What I learnt from retracing the iron curtain
From our UK edition
Just before the pandemic, I spent several months travelling through Europe from the north of Norway to Istanbul and beyond to Azerbaijan. I saw unforgettable sights: the endless daylight of the Arctic summer; the vast Hammershus castle on the Danish island of Bornholm; Vienna’s ornate Prunksaal library; and the sandy beaches of Corfu. But the
