Europe is the shared story our papers tell. It´s what made me who I am
(WorldNews Europe)

We know it´s the most visceral issue in contemporary British politics. We know it turns redtops into attack dogs and Tory backbenchers puce with rage. The ides of May. So we ought to know that it´s personal. Individual and personal. Europe isn´t just one more tick on some routine policy list. It is history and emotion ... even for newspaper editors. Take me: and one personal route. I grew up in the east Midlands through the 40s and 50s. Sundays featured a grandparents´ vigil at the local Baptist church. Holidays featured Hunstanton and Skegness. Europe? Well, there was always the Hotel de Paris, Cromer. It was a warm, loving family time (scarred by my father´s death and my polio). But there...