British artists flock to set up home in liberating Berlin

The German capital has serious respect for creativity. And it's a great hideout from the rat race, finds Charlotte HigginsWhen Sarah Willis was 23 years old she packed her French horn – and all the rest of her less important possessions – into the back of her Mini. Her family waved her off and she drove away.Twenty minutes later, she stopped the car, switched off the ignition and wept at the wheel. Then she started the car again, drove to Harwich and took the ferry to Hamburg, from where, co...

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