Simpson shares the common view that the fall of the Berlin wall was the summation of a long period of “slow decline” of Soviet and communist supremacy. We see this gradual shift in the form of ...

This item is from a defining period in 20th century history. It is a porcelain insulator and piece of barbed stainless steel alarm wire from the Berlin Wall. I obtained it in 1999 when the wall was ...

To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, BBC Four has unveiled four new films that address and discuss the circumstances that led to the end of the Cold War and the fall of the ...