The Karpaz Peninsula is long, longer than you think. Often described as the ‘panhandle’ of Cyprus, this thin strip of land protrudes from the eastern side of the island like a spindly finger, reaching out towards Turkey and Syria. Renowned for its unspoilt natural beauty, the finger beckoned to us

I was five years old when the Berlin Wall fell, and in the years since I’ve seen bits of the wall all over Europe: outside the European parliament in Brussels [https://www.nothere.co.uk/bruges-brussels-and-bashar-al-assad/], in a park in Riga [https://www.nothere.co.uk/latvia-christmas-trees-and-castles/], opposite Hoxha’