‘I wanted this book to be a reconciliation of different generations’: Lea Ypi on growing up in communist Albania
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Andrei Platonov: where to start with his literature
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        On the ball: the polka dot toy that entertained a nation 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        These photographs give a glimpse into into the lives of Ceaușescu’s orphans, 30 years on
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Estonia unveils new memorial to victims of communism
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Hidden legacy: your walking guide to communist Prague
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        New art project to honour victims of Albania’s communist regime
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ukraine completes Lenin wipeout
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Red Utopia: help fund a new art book documenting communist iconography across the globe
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Outrage over proposed Albanian ban on communist film
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Photo of the week: a Bulgarian photographer’s tribute to her beloved grandmother
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Croatia considers ban on red star
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Bulgaria bans public display of communist symbols
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                        
	
                    
                    
                        Block party: meet the people who live among the brutalist edifices of New Belgrade
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Unknown pleasures: lifting the lid on a treasure trove of Albanian cinema
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Communist-era bikes make comeback in Bulgaria
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Hungry for the past: are Poland’s Soviet-style milk bars bringing back a taste for communism?