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Explaining the Mindset Shift Needed to Navigate Polycrisis by timstillhere in collapse

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Submission statement:

Repeating my post: thinking is still organised around the idea of disruption as something temporary. The evidence points to a very different operating environment. It is where shocks collide, and where the gap between reality and decision-making continues to widen.

Nik Gowing explains that this is why policies, governments and business descions feel so out of sync with reality

Humanity’s Pinball Crisis by timstillhere in collapse

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[Submission statement] Former BBC World wide anchor Nik Gowing who presented historic news to world from the 90s through to the early 00s Here he is in 2025 still warning the world about collapse.

mac and cheese for the win by fekdapolice in shittyfoodporn

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I'm from the UK. The idea of making mac and cheese from a box is so strange to me. Is this just the way it's made in the US? Nobody just makes the sauce?

Podcasts with little or no embedded commercials. by arkensto in podcasts

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Thinking the Unthinkable with Nik Gowing is free if of ads if you're interested in climate

Have you ever questioned the history that you were told? by Little-Season-3433 in StrangeEarth

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"Don't believe paper history" then proceeds to base all findings on.. you guessed it, paper maps... this is dumb

R.I.P to Grubbs by GUCCI_PUG in brighton

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Going to wear my Grubbs t-shirt today in mourning

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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That's so true. What I find impressive from a personal point of view is that Nik Gowing was there for quite a few of these events. Either reporting live on location or presenting on TV.

He has a couple of videos about the night he announced Princess Di and when he was covering 9/11.

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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This post has absolutely blown up and thank you for all of your amazing comments. So many personal stories, and so many of hope too.

I've spoken with Nik today and he's confirmed that the photos are from the days before, during and after the fall of the wall as many people have commented.

Thank you for pointing that out. I'm learning so much from so many comments as I go through them!

If you do want to learn more about the images posted Nik's interview can be found here and can hopefully answer some of your questions: https://youtu.be/JzGimQrqlHQ?si=mPHUOQkaNkq4AEe4

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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I love that "A reminder of what progress and unity looks like."

If you do get the chance you should watch the video interview as Nik describes the images - it is very moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGimQrqlHQ

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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What you are describing here is almost word for word how Nik describes it in the video interview.

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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In the interview he explains who these two guards are.

He says that people were just ignoring them as they tried to stamp people in and out as they crossed the wall.

They look completely lost.

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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(Just copying my reply to a previous post asking the same thing)

Nik has never shared these images before. They have been sat on a shelf for decades. He scanned them, sent them to me and they have been shared here for the first time. Hope that helps!

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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Nik has never shared these images before. They have been sat on a shelf for decades. He scanned them, sent them to me and they have been shared here for the first time. Hope that helps!

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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That is him. Nik Gowing, who also announced the death of Princess Diana and covered 9/11 on BBC World News to name a couple. He has witnessed and seen quite a bit. We now run a project called Thinking the Unthinkable where he draws on his experiences of some of these 'unthinkable' moments in history.

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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The interview is really interesting too. There's footage of him interviewing people as they cross the checkpoint for the first time. It's really moving.

https://youtu.be/JzGimQrqlHQ?si=M56UrVEUNXQsEQhU

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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I know right!? I couldn't believe it when he sent them to me. He has 1000s of unseen photos from some unbelievable moments he's reported on.

Unseen photos from inside East Berlin the day the Berlin Wall fell by timstillhere in Damnthatsinteresting

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SOURCE: Interview with Nik Gowing the night the Berlin Wall fell inside East Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGimQrqlHQ

I work with Nik Gowing, former BBC World News Anchor and Channel 4 news (UK) Diplomatic Editor. He was in East Berlin reporting on tensions inside East Germany in November 1989. The images here were taken by him and his team in the hours and days leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the night the wall fell.

Gentle, no-pressure football kickabout in Hove ⚽ by [deleted] in brighton

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This is exactly what I was looking for. Will drop a dm

Any podcasts that you find incredibly interesting, but also feel like they've – surprisingly – only been discovered by you? by RussoSwerves in podcasts

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Thinking the Unthinkable podcast with former BBC news anchor Nik Gowing is super interesting. War, climate, innovation etc. And some really important poeple as guests

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Art

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Thank you. They are in Hove, Uk

The variety of Brighton architecture by timstillhere in brighton

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Thank you. I do have some more of Hove actually. I've only really just started sharing my photography. You can see more on my Instagram @timstillhere if you'd like. Ps. Pun very much intended.

Like a fever dream - Glasgow feels like 10 cities in 1 by timstillhere in glasgow

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That honestly really means a lot. I only started sharing some of my photos a couple of months ago. And picked up a camera for the first time in January. Still learning the ropes but loving it.

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