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Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 2 March
Sometimes a little help goes a long way
I was lucky enough to be squeezed in on the last day of an exhibition recently. You needed a ticket – the travesty of which must unfortunately be left for another Monocolumn.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 13 August
The Olympics – a triumph for multicultural Britain
There is a mixture of relief and sorrow in London now that the Olympics are over. Londoners can hardly believe the Games went off without any major transport meltdown, organisational blunder, or howling error of curatorial…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 March
The international language of queueing
There are three things that mark one out as British: a proper cup of tea, turning almost any conversation onto the subject of weather, and a sense of fair play that is best exhibited in politely standing in line and waiting…
Business / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 May
Another historic British brand sold
As soon as rag-trade magnate Howard Tillman announced he was selling the British fashion brand Aquascutum last month, Chinese names have been pondering an investment in a slice of sartorial history.
Business / Small Business
Swell guys
British microbrand Finisterre has introduced some blue-sea thinking into a global surfwear market that’s worth around €9bn a year. It produces just six high-tech, low-impact garments and when the surf’s up, the team grab…
Design / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 19 October
Poles apart
Diplomatic design is back in the spotlight thanks to a new British embassy that has just officially opened in Warsaw.
Design / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 29 March
Uniforms should be classic not cool
Recently, the British public has seen a flurry of unveilings.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 10 August
UK Riots Part 2: Do French and British societies suffer the same social ills?
A youth from a segregated area dies as the result of a police chase, leading to widespread, violent riots: Paris in 2005, London in 2011 – two similar scenarios, both highlighting a social rather than ethnic malaise.
Affairs / Property
Europe briefing
How to speak modern Spanish, and the British colony in the Balkans.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 17 January
Britain’s Nordic drift
Since1973, British governments have been trying, and largely failing, to persuade British people to regard the European project with sentiments other than indifference and contempt.
Affairs / Publishing
Monocolumn
Sunday 9 September
Physical media isn’t going away
We recently welcomed the young British author Niven Govinden into our studios at Midori House.
The Briefing, episode 167
The British insurance company affecting the Syrian conflict, Bill Clinton discusses climate change, and we get the latest aviation stories.
Midori House, episode 64
Robert Bound asks how disgust has influenced society’s evolution and discusses a new exhibit on the Hajj at the British Museum.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Thursday 14 July
Murdoch – the people’s tyrant
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 February
Why honesty really is the best policy
As yet another British politician falls on his own sword of deceit, Tom Edwards asks: when will they ever learn?
Affairs / Society
Americas briefing
Why Argentina's president leaves the Boeing at home, why Chile is feeling British and why Brazilian admen are feeling relieved.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 27 December
Forecast 2011: Britain’s political rollercoaster set to continue
How do you match 2010? For British politics it was the most tumultuous and turbulent year in living memory, defying all manner of clichés and conventional wisdom.