Eastern Europe
The pleasure of reliving foreign travel through food
Russian hand pies, Polish chlodnik, Turkish fruit compote and a Latvian trifle are among the many dishes recreated in Edinburgh by the globetrotting Caroline Eden
The EU is failing to stand up for eastern Europe
Will the EU stand up for eastern Europe? This question is now being asked by Ukraine following the announcement of…
Beijing is quietly challenging Brussels
The new agreement between China and the US on climate change, announced this week, contained the usual worthy overtures. Both…
Why we need migrants
It’s not about economics. It’s about our snobbish, slobbish culture
A leap in the dark
The first and most important thing to say about The Drowned Detective is that it’s a very good novel and…
A conservative case for staying in
Europe has enjoyed an exceptional three decades of freedom and prosperity. Why risk that?
The continent in crisis
Sir Ian Kershaw won his knight’s spurs as a historian with his much acclaimed two-volume biography of Hitler, Hubris and…
The brutal mask of anarchy
In September 1939 Britain went to war against Germany, ostensibly in defence of Poland. One big secret that the British…
Celebrations of song and humanity
‘All my life, always and in every way, I shall have one objective: the good of Hungary and the Hungarian…
The beautiful Balkans on horseback
There’s no better way to see Bulgaria’s mountains
How to survive totalitarianism
When this extraordinary book was about to come out in French four years ago its author was told by his…
What do we call the people who abducted Maria? It’s a minefield
How should we describe the people who allegedly abducted that little girl in Greece, after a neighbour claimed that they…
