The Economist's former Lexington columnist on books about America's harsh criminal-justice system ...
DAVOS FOR THE DISTURBED
Notes from a gathering of far-right parties in Tokyo, with a cameo from Jean-Marie Le Pen ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |IN SEARCH OF NELLY
Northern England, 1936: a boy of six suddenly hears that he once had a mother. All that survives of her is a handful of photos and her sheet music. Only later does he piece together her story. A memoir by Irving Wardle ...
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In London's Hackney, Julia Belluz discovers a strange sport with a serious social mission ... read more »
COMMENTS: 0 |ONE WORD: PLASTICS
Little seems more durable, insidiously, than plastic. In his latest Going Green column, Robert Butler makes a heartening trip to a high-tech recovery plant ...
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COMMENTS: 2 |ADVENTURES IN MARIENBAD
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Once upon a time, in an enchanted forest in Europe, there was a beautiful resort frequented by kings and princes. J.M. Ledgard enters the lost world of Marienbad ... read more »
COMMENTS: 1 |THE ODD CASE OF THE NEWSEUM
One of Washington, DC's most popular attractions is also its most unwittingly moribund, writes Corbin Hiar ...read more »COMMENTS: 0 |HOW TO BE URBAN
Some enterprising architects grapple with the cityscapes of the 2030s ... read more »
COMMENTS: 1 |TAKE TWO WATER BOTTLES...
The truth about global warming is right under our nose, writes Robert Butler ... read more »
COMMENTS: 4 |BEDSIDE TABLE: NUMBER 10 DRAMA
Andrew Miller, The Economist's Bagehot columnist, picks his favourite books about British politics ... read more »
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