Rocketing art prices are attracting evermore daring criminals. On November 13th intruders were walking out of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London with two Rembrandts when they were stopped by police; they managed to escape, albeit without the paint...
That leaves a low bar for the Liberal Democrats, and they clear it. They, too, have become more extreme since we backed them in 2017. Under a new leader, Jo Swinson, they have gone beyond the idea of a second referendum for an irresponsible promise t...
Books arts 来源于《图书与艺术》版块 Dresdens Green Vault 德累斯顿绿穹珍宝馆 Oceans Eight on the Elbe 易北河上的瞒天过海 BERLIN 柏林 Thieves make off with bejewelled treasures from a storied collection 小偷偷走了一个...
In Bartlebys experience, office parties come in three types. The first is the sitdown lunch, in which you are inevitably seated next to someone whose name you do not know, even though you have spent five years politely nodding at them when you pass i...
The Conservatives, too, have grown scarier since 2017. Mr Johnson has ditched the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May and struck a worse one, in effect lopping off Northern Ireland so that Britain can leave the European Unions customs union. The pu...
Whether that is seen as a failure, though, depends on your point of view. 这个计划的失败与否取决于你怎么看。 Had the target been reached easily is would surely have been criticised as unambitious. 如果这个目标能轻易实现，人...
Leaders 来源于《社论》版块 Britains nightmare before Christmas 圣诞节前英国的噩梦 A divided country faces an election that will tear it still further apart 一个分裂的国家面临着一场将进一步分裂的选举 British vote...
Bartleby 巴托比职场专栏 Let them eat Christmas cake 何不食圣诞蛋糕 Dont make seasonal festivities too formal 不要让年会太正式 Everyone feels like winding down in December. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, the New Year is...
On the principle that no news is good news, the fact that aids has dropped out of the headlines is surely a good thing. 基于没有消息就是好消息的原则，艾滋病不再是头条新闻无疑是一件好事。 Nevertheless, it does no harm...
America has had some wins at the WTO: against the European Union for subsidies to Airbus, an aircraft-maker; 美国已经在WTO取得了一些胜利：反对欧盟对飞机制造商空客的补贴； and against China for its domestic subsidies; thef...
