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The Briefing, episode 347
We ask if the era of e-books is over, talk to Mark Huband about this new book “Trading Secrets”, and Steve Bloomfield offers his thoughts on US’s budget woes.
Midori House, episode 234
Finland’s trade minister Alexander Stubb discusses Finnish music, we discuss a book about the BNP with author Daniel Trilling, and meet British designer Sebastian Wrong.
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Friday 23 July
Book fair stories
If you are strolling around Hong Kong’s harbour-front in Wanchai, watch out for your toes.
Business / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 17 February
Trade shows are a one-stop guilty pleasure
Ah, the trade show. That ever-present feature on the global calendar of industry events. The concentration of all forces singularly focused on one thing: selling stuff.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 20 July
Weekend agenda, 21/22 July
This weekend’s highlights include Hong Kong’s annual book fair, a pop-art car exhibit to celebrate London’s Cultural Olympiad and the latest album by The Very Best.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 October
Autumn is the beginning of something new
It’s autumn in Europe. The long summer days are giving way to short, cosy, cool ones.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 September
Now it’s serious
Have the latest revelations about a secret uranium-enrichment plant made an Israeli attack in Iran more probable, imminent even?
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Saturday 5 December
All the fun of the art fair
When is a trade fair not a trade fair? When it’s an art fair, that’s when. The Miami Beach Convention Centre is home to such august annual jamborees as the Professional Convention Management Association and the Internati…
Edits / Books
Abdel Zaher Binding
With over half a century of craftsmanship under his belt, Mohamed Abdel Zaher has transformed his family-run book-binding business into a modern enterprise, retaining all of its character and charm.
Business / Economics
Floor fillers
Deutsche Börse, a public company since 2001, operates Germany’s biggest stock exchange, in Frankfurt. With locations in 14 countries, the company is valued at €26bn, making it one of the largest exchange organisations in…
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 July
Going against the grain
The ancient Maya may have considered chocolate “the food of the gods”, but corn is the grain that has perennially powered the Mexican masses.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Sunday 30 January
Australia’s lawless underbelly surfaces
Crime, for better or worse, is in Australia’s DNA. The country’s famously laid-back residents view their origin as a British penal colony almost as a point of pride, and venerate celebrity toughs such as hitman Mark “Cho…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 November
The last laugh and ‘il Cavaliere’
Silvio Berlusconi’s last-minute decision to pull out of a family values forum in Milan this week came as no surprise after the latest revelations about the Italian leader’s dalliances with under-age girls.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 March
Maghreb focus: A dyeing breed of despots
The recent rebellions against various unpleasant Arab tyrants have prompted a number of responses.
Culture / Retail
Monocolumn
Friday 18 January
Retail’s new format
It's time to ask what kind of music and film stores we'd really like to see.
Business / Emerging Markets
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 June
Not everything can be luxury
Marrakech is a city of staggering diversity – it has the crudely commercial in abundance but it also harbours hidden gems of riads and artisan workshops.
Affairs / Health
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 June
Sino-Indian rapprochement… through the medium of yoga
If further proof were needed of China’s boom, it was on display last week in a Guangzhou hall, sporting garish shades of locally branded lycra.
Culture / Books
Ferozsons bookshops
A flick through the paperbacks on the shelves of Lahore's oldest bookshop.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Monday 3 May
The ‘no-frills’ shipping format arrives
When the Taicang Dragon docked in the Port of Los Angeles yesterday at the end of a 16-day voyage across the Pacific and unloaded its cargo of Chinese bicycles, woolly blankets and umbrella strollers, Oslo ship-broker Jakob…