Britain’s capital markets are waging a war on paper
British companies are drowning in unnecessary paperwork. An antiquated system, whereby a few listed shares are held in paper ...
Caviar is the internet’s favourite indulgence
“Welcome to the caviar class you guys didn’t know you needed!” says Danielle Zaslavsky, smiling at the camera. Her family own...
Could political upheaval hit Jordan next?
Jordanians came out in their tens of thousands to hail their king as a hero. On February 13th state television broadcast thei...
Critics of Medicaid point to a rigorous study conducted 15 years ago
Among the many Americans who find Medicaid confusing is Robert F. Kennedy junior, whose department oversees it. At his confir...
Do you play a mean pinball?
WHEN MOST people think of pinball, if they think of it at all, they probably imagine an old, unloved machine, starved of coin...
America’s Gen Z has got religion
THE MEETING houses of the First Church in Cambridge, founded by Puritans, have been around for 400 years. George Washington w...
Europe will need to pull all the levers to up its defence spending
The realisation is sinking in. Europe needs to become able to defend itself without America’s help. From Friedrich Merz, Germ...
Erotic writing is becoming more explicit
START WITH the nipples. The lover does in “Mistress and Mother”, a steamy romantic novel from the 1990s. Though, since it was...
Finding meaning in people’s first words—and their last
Bye Bye I Love You. By Michael Erard. mitPress; 344 pages; $32.95 and £30 BABIES COME into the world seeking out comfort, so ...
In a dictator’s palace, Syrians debate a new constitution
Hundreds of Syrians gathered on February 25th in the opulent reception hall of what is now called the People’s Palace in Dama...