Anne Applebaum's magisterial Iron Curtain tells the largely untold story of Eastern Europe's suppression at the hands of the Soviets after the Second World War

For the sake of the euro, the peoples of southern Europe have turned their backs on the sea that once gave them prosperity

'Despite Reagan's "crusade" to "foster the infrastructure of democracy", there are more elections but they decide less and less'

A principled Tory Eurosceptic whose integrity is matched only by his indifference to publicity should be championed