No one seems to care about global warming. The problem, argues Robert Butler, is the dull and nannyish way we are beseeched to "save the planet". Being green could be far sexier than that ...
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Kunal Dutta attends a London production of "No Man’s Land" the day after the playwright's death. "We searched the stage for new meaning", he writes. "Does the death of the author, as Roland Barthes once argued, really change anything about the work?" ...
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Decades after Chernobyl, it is hard to forget the dark side of nuclear power. But countries in search of carbon-free energy independence are beginning to reconsider. A correspondent for The Economist heads to Flamanville, the site of France's new nuclear-power plant ...
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In hard times, board games flourish. Lucy Farmer finds out which ones sell best, where they came from and why we love them ...
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More and more people are driving fast cars--for a day or so. Paul Markillie joins the club, and takes his son along...
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There is a palpable chill in the air in sunny South Florida this year, writes the executive editor of The Economist. While on holiday, he notes abandoned strip malls and signs declaring “We buy homes. Cash…Fast” ...
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How do you draw the line between art and craft? David McFadden, head curator of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, says don't bother. He talks about the museum's sensibility and new location with Ariel Ramchandani ...
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