May 30th 2019 IDE HILL I F THE Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer, garden parties are where it lets its hair down. Several dozen members pootle about the grounds of a country manor in the v
May 30th 2019 D O YOU FEEL that nobody around you shares your commitment to work? Do you offer unsolicited advice on the fashion choices or love lives of your younger colleagues? Are you irked when a
May 25th 2019 E VERYBODY KNOWS Monty Python’s “cheese shop” sketch—everybody who is over 50 and a comedy nerd, that is. The shopkeeper, played by Michael Palin, asks a customer, played by John Cleese,
May 1, 2019 July 9, 2019 Strong Opinions Loosely Held Might be the Worst Idea in Tech Nobody does it better I misspent just about every night for 7 years at an old school pool hall in Milwaukee. This
This video has been removed for rights reasons Niki Lauda, who has died aged 70, was a three-time Formula 1 world champion, non-executive chairman of the world champion Mercedes team, and one of the b
May 16th 2019 T HE VILLAGE of Trosly-Breuil, north of Paris, lay so close to the forest of Compiègne that it seemed about to be engulfed by it. The village mental institution, which Jean Vanier visite
May 16th 2019 A CURIOUS FEATURE of these turbulent times is the rise of comedian-politicians. Volodymyr Zelensky, president-elect of Ukraine, is only the most recent (see article ). But the anti-elite
H ere is something you might try if you live in Britain. Go to your favourite urban place, whether it be the centre of a large city or a small market town. Close your eyes, turn around three times and
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May 9th 2019 Underland: A Deep Time Journey. By Robert Macfarlane. W.W. Norton; 384 pages; $27.95. Hamish Hamilton; £20. W HEREVER THEY walk, people tend to look up, ignoring the world beneath their f
May 11th 2019 I MAGINE THAT , by some twist of fate, you become the ruler of an oil-rich state. A crash in the oil price has left a hole in its budget. You are forced to consider selling the kingdom’s
May 9th 2019 TALLINN T HE BUSES are on time, the trams are shiny and new, and passengers usually get a seat. In many cities that would be remarkable enough. But in Tallinn locals are also not required
May 4th 2019 BEIJING, DAKAR AND MUMBAI T HINGS WERE different 28 years ago, when Zhou Xueyu and her husband moved from the coastal province of Shandong to Beijing and began selling fresh pork. The Xin
May 4th 2019 L IKE MANY a small child, Lyra McKee at four years old was all questions. Why should her mother, who was poor and had six children and was bringing them up single-handed on the Cliftonvil
If you prefer paying with debit or credit, you're not alone: Only 14 percent of Americans use cash for everyday purchases . But according to self-made billionaire and "Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban, the
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