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Europe

Underrated: Hugh Gaitskell
The Eurosceptic Labour leader who died young but deserved to be Prime Minister
John Torode

Gibraltar’s Battle Of The Sexes
The planet's pre-emininent open chess tournament
Dominic Lawson

Spanish Lies
Paul Preston's exhaustive and admirable biography shines light on Santiago Carrillo, a relatively unknown figure, who played a key role in the restoration of Spanish democracy
Robert Low

What sort of Europe does Cameron Want?
The Continent is stuck on a course of ‘ever closer union'. British voters need to know what the Prime Minister thinks of such a vision
Tim Congdon

Rondo alla Turca
Alev Scott

Letting The Right Ones In
'How hospitable will Germans be now that travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians have been lifted?'
Mara Delius

Misunderstood For Six Hundred Years
The negative image of Gypsies that persists today is the result of centuries-old xenophobia, misrepresentation and downright fantasy
David Abulafia

Grandiose Coalitions
Far from being democratically sound, grand coalitions foster short-termism and reinforce more extreme parties’ power of veto.
Alberto Mingardi

A Gross Violation
Last month the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared that male circumcision is a “violation of the physical integrity of children”. This is clear anti-religious prejudice
Ben Lazarus

The Diplomat the Whole World Ignores
Catherine Ashton heads a wasteful, top-heavy and ineffectual project costing European taxpayers half a billion pounds a year
Ian Birrell

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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