Global race? Lack of air routes means we're already on the slow boat to China
Trade missions are almost comically pointless nowadays, as George Osborne’s visit demonstrated this week in Beijing. He is right that…
The week: Property price record; Lampedusa drownings; 'basically' banned
Home Shares in Royal Mail, floated on the stock market at 330p, began trading at 475p. SSE, the energy supplier,…
Should 'Union Jack' just be used at sea?
Union dispute Pedants suffered a blow as the chief vexillologist of the Flag Institute declared that the Union Jack and…
Letters
A fat lot of good Sir: Max Pemberton is right that obesity is a terrible problem in western society (‘The…
Books and Arts
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George Osborne is blowing bubbles
In opposition, George Osborne said that you cannot borrow your way out of a debt crisis. In government, he has…
The week: Royal Mail shares; American shutdown; Afghan cricket
Home An issue of shares in Royal Mail was oversubscribed, pushing valuation well above initial forecasts of £3.3 billion. The…
Barometer: How many ghost towns are there in Britain?
Lost property The second-to-last surviving resident of St Kilda — a small archipelago 40 miles off the Outer Hebrides which…
