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...That’s a very striking contrast with the mood in western Europe, as anyone who listened to last week’s podcast with Anne Applebaum will know....
...I’ll be back next Saturday speaking to the journalist Anne Applebaum about the extent to which autocrats are conspiring to subvert democracy everywhere....
...michael.peel@ft.com; @mikepeeljourno...
...It is a French classic that is a universal classic, translated splendidly into English by Michael Morpurgo. It is destined to become as much a part of everyone’s mental culture as Alice in Wonderland....
...Recommended reading My column this week looks at Michael Bloomberg’s huge plutocratic gamble for the White House....
...Email: michael.peel@ft.com Twitter: @mikepeeljourno Chart du jour: Planes, trains and automobiles Lithuanians are Europe’s biggest petrol-heads. The Dutch love trains....
...“Every developed region in the world has had to face overcapacity in steel production,” says Michelle Applebaum of Steel Market Intelligence....
...NB Anne Applebaum, makes the list despite the fact that she was on the Prospect selection panel....
...Switching on, blow me down, isn’t that Michael Heseltine explaining that the solution to Britain’s problems is to release the power and energy of our great British cities?...
.... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… POLITICS Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956, by Anne Applebaum, Allen Lane, RRP£25 Applebaum, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her history...
...For Rhona Applebaum, chief regulatory officer of Coca-Cola, taxes conjure up pictures of a Big Brother state....
...Now the position is more like the other way around,” Ms Applebaum says....
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