Adolf Hitler at a car show in Berlin, Germany, in 1935 The Print Collector /Alamy
An overcast and chilly Sunday didn’t deter me, my family and thousands of others from queueing around New York’s Union Square for the chance to handpick a bouquet of 10 colourful tulips.
The second annual Tulip Day organised by Royal Anthos, a Dutch trade organisation, was free with registration, though tickets vanished as fast as they would for a Taylor Swift concert.
It was a surprisingly cheery experience, picking spring flowers at an event sponsored by the European Union, even as relations look increasingly fraught…
