The Iron Lady's record with authoritarians is mixed but her profound confidence in the democratic rights of all peoples shines through

'I've come to the conclusion that revolution is something you can't make It's a happening rather than a planned operation and attempts to force it don't quite work out'

Anti-Semitism has never been confined to the Right. Its latest manifestation is the left-wing campaign to undermine Israel

Both the Russian intelligentsia and the people have lost faith in their leader—but he won’t go quietly, whatever the voters’ verdict