Jul 11th 2019 T HE CALL came, appropriately enough, while she was walking through the Old City of Jerusalem, her husband said. They had stopped at a small shop near the Roman Cardo. By the door stood
Jul 11th 2019 G REG SMITH is obsessed with the freshness of strawberries. Walmart’s top supply-chain executive in America is overhauling the retail giant’s distribution system, and in his mind speed i
Yesterday I detailed the trainers and power meters of the Men’s WorldTour teams (plus a few odds and ends), as seen at the Tour de France. While I generally do that yearly, I also try and profile the
Jul 25th 2019 E VEN BEFORE Donald Trump and before Brexit, Justin Trudeau was aware that voter disenchantment and populism were on the rise. He saw one of the important answers to this as economic, an
Aug 1st 2019 T HE EASTERN SIBERIAN landscape does not normally resemble hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow; in summer, its forests are lush and its wetlands soggy. This year, however, the region
Aug 1st 2019 The Falconer. By Dana Czapnik. Atria Books; 288 pages; $25. Faber & Faber; £8.99. W HEN SHE is not holding a basketball, Lucy Adler is gangly, self-conscious and invisible; she is a “pizz
Jul 25th 2019 C HARLES HANDY has been through a lot of challenges in a long career as a manager at Royal Dutch Shell, an oil giant, followed by a spell in academia and acclaim as a business writer cha
Jul 11th 2019 G LOBALISATION IS BECOMING regionalisation. Analysis by MGI finds that the global value chains ( GVC s) in 16 of 17 big industries it studied have been contracting since the global finan
While I am (rightfully) teased about how often I discuss Aggregation Theory , there is a method to my madness, particularly over the last year: more and more attention is being paid to the power wield
Jul 11th 2019 I T WAS NOT João Gilberto’s fault, and as a perfectionist no doubt he suffered from it more than anyone, that his greatest hit, “The Girl from Ipanema”, has been mutilated into supermark
Jul 6th 2019 S OME VISIONARIES hope that insects will play a big role in future human diets. Insects are nutritious, being packed with protein. Unlike hot-blooded mammals and birds, which use a lot of
Jul 6th 2019 P REDICTING THE future is hard. But preparing for its uncertainties, while you lie on the beach, can at least be entertaining. It can also broaden the mind and subtly change your understa
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