Eurosceptics 疑欧派 A cunning plan 狡猾的计划 Eurosceptics adopt an old Marxist technique 欧洲怀疑论者采用了古老的马克思主义技术 BRUSSELS-BASHING is never out of season in Britain, but the past few weeks have been unusually...
Booze-free bars 无酗酒酒吧 Shaken not slurred 酒不醉人 Fashionable urbanites revive a temperance tradition 时尚的都市人恢复了节制饮酒的传统 None for the road 无人醉倒在路边 WEST LONDON，Friday night, 9pm. In the Redem...
French reforms 法国改革 Taxi wars 出租车战争 A case study of vested interests trying to fight off new competitors 既得利益者排斥新竞争者的个案分析 PARIS is the only city in the world where it is hard to find a taxi. So in 200...
Patient data Caring and sharing A controversial NHS database will benefit patientseventually NESTLED among offers for tree trimmers, cleaners and slankets, the English may have noticed a leaflet with important information about their health records l...
Gas prices Fuel on the fire Another cheap shot at energy firms misses the mark GIVEN the parlous state of Britain's energy system, it is hard to think that Ed Davey, the energy secretary, would want more publicity. Yet on February 10th newspapers pub...
Transport in the north-east Track changes The north-east is being hobbled by lousy transport MOST advertisements on public transport attempt to sell something. Travellers on the London Underground, for example, sit under posters for dating websites,...
Monetary policy A long low note Why interest rates can be expected to stay low for years CENTRAL bankers have a reputation for snatching away the punch bowl just as the party gets going. So, almost as soon as Britain's economy started to recover, com...
Britain's aerospace industry Flight plan Can Britain remain a planemaking superpower? THE sleek de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial passenger jet, was designed and built in Britain 60 years ago. It is a dozen years since the last passeng...
Spain's press A shrinking order Sacked editors are a sign more of financial than political pressures JOURNALISTS are supposed to check their facts, but when editors are sacked rumours will do. Some see dark political forces behind the ousting of edit...
Street food Sandwich spread The rise of decent outdoor dining ON A cold, blustery morning at Canary Wharf, London's second financial district, eating outside does not seem appealing. Yet on a solitary concrete quay, suited workers huddle around picni...
