Iain MacGregor at the Lockdown LitFest

'Checkpoint Charlie': such an iconic name for what was actually just a wooden shed. Even the name has a rather prosaic origin. But Iain MacGregor gets behind the icon and heads straight to the human costs and truth of what Checkpoint Charlie represented, through superb interviews with guards on both sides, escapees and more. In this captivating conversation with Paul Blezard, Iain describes in hair-raising detail the risks that were run by those who wanted to break through the reality of Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’.

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