EYES ON THE PRIZE
“Wolf Hall”, by Hilary Mantel, didn’t just win the Man Booker prize last year: it became the fastest-selling Booker winner ever. But behind her triumph, as she reveals in this memoir, lay a complicated relationship with awards ...
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SUSPENDED DISBELIEF
Gideon Lichfield visits an exhibition full of paradoxes in a new art space in Mexico City ...
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SURFING IN MUNICH
The landlocked city boasts some of Europe’s best waves. Noah Lederman investigates …
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CHEATING? FINE BY ME
In his latest Gaming column Tom Standage outlines the merits of asking the internet for solutions ...
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SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
As part of The Economist's artists at work series, we visit Christian Marclay, a conceptual artist on deadline ... read more »
AN ACTOR'S DIET FOR ME
Film and TV caterers aren’t just for the stars: they’ll cook for the rest of us too. Matthew Sweet goes on location ... read more »
DEBUNKING ROADIE MYTHS
Roadies, it turns out, are misunderstood. Will Smith learns a thing or two about the job while setting up for Jethro Tull ... read more »
A VIEW WITH GLASS
The view from the restaurant at the top of the National Portrait Gallery is spectacular, but what about the quality of the wine list? Tim Atkin, the Wine-List Inspector, orders away ... read more »
DISCIPLINE WITHOUT PUNISHMENT
In the latest in The Economist's artists at work series we visit Monica Bonvicini, who feels at home in brutal, beautiful Berlin ... read more »
BOLIVIA'S FAITHFUL MOTORISTS
Over a thousand people die on Bolivia's roads every year, largely because the drivers are a little crazy. Simon Wroe heads to the country to investigate ... read more »
PAINTING IN STONE
Long ago Margaret Drabble fell for the colours of Florence. Now it’s the semi-precious stones that especially delight her ... read more »
Comment of the moment
quote As a resident of Bolivia, I totally agree that travelling by road in Bolivia is terrifying, especially to rural areas in ancient rickety buses which are held together by elastic bands...