Queeny But Highbrow Interview Of The Week: Simon Schama Does Neil MacGregor

FT Weekend Magazine, of course.

Neil's epic new series, Germany: Memories Of A Nation, starts on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday October 1st.

Berlin Wall: Erich Liebt Leonid

Jonathan Jones reports for The Guardian on the row over how the last remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall is having its actual historical graffiti replaced with recreations of some of the old wall's more "iconic" images - such as Dmitry Vrubel's mural of USSR President Leonid Brezhnev kissing East German leader Erich Honecker.
And it is iconic - if you visit post-reunification Berlin you'll see it staring out everywhere from posters to postcards to mugs.
Arguably more homophobic than homosexual ("Two old dudes kissing - ugh!"), it must positively baffle most people under 30.
I wonder if anyone's said that David Cameron wants to ban it?
More from Fagburn later - first I have to try and summon up the enthusiasm to vote...