BEING THERE

MADRID TAKES STAMINA

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:28:42 +0000

Being There: Fiona Maharg-Bravo reports on life in a city that never sits down to a meal until it has to ... read more »

BEING THERE: RIGA

Robert Cottrell — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:32:07 +0000

Our series on life as an expat reaches Latvia. Surprised to find himself living there, Robert Cottrell is even more surprised to find it beguiling ... read more »

BEING THERE: ATLANTA

Jon Fasman — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:45:07 +0000

The city presents an anonymous face to the world. When he was posted there by The Economist, Jon Fasman faced some tricky negotiations. But life in Atlanta has been a happy surprise ... read more »

BEING THERE: MANCHESTER

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:27:08 +0000

The cotton mills are now smart flats and the money is in football, but the air of protest lives on. As the BBC ships 2,300 staff there and the biennial festival looms, Tanya Aldred sketches real life in a city of character ... read more »

BEING THERE: NEW YORK

Tom Shone — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:11:12 +0000

Even when you live there, Updike said, it still glitters from afar. Tom Shone on real life in a city that has aspiration built into its very architecture ... read more »

BEING THERE: BERLIN

Jonathan Rosenthal — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:21:36 +0000

It has been many things: glamorous, decadent, war-torn, split in half, and now poor but sexy. Jonathan Rosenthal, an Economist correspondent in Berlin, describes his life there ... read more »

BEING THERE: DELHI

Simon Cox — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:50:20 +0000

There’s Old Delhi, New Delhi—and future Delhi, which is likely to overshadow both. Simon Cox captures life as an expat in a fascinating city ... read more »

BEING THERE: ROME

John Hooper — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:16:32 +0000

It’s firmly on the tourist circuit, yet visiting is very different from living there. John Hooper has come to see it as a city of many layers, where nothing can be taken for granted ... read more »

BEING THERE: BRUSSELS

David Rennie — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:36:42 +0000

In the abstract the city tends to make people grumpy, but for David Rennie, who lives there, the reality is an abundance of small pleasures that add up to a charming whole ... read more »

BEING THERE: TORONTO

Tim Rostron — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:28:50 +0000

It’s small, bitterly cold in winter, and far from beautiful – but also a likeable, even lovable city. Tim Rostron moved there from London a decade ago and hasn’t looked back ... read more »