Friday 29 August 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill

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Business

Tony Curzon Price on oil price speculators

City Life

The credit crunch reaches the home of the rotten apple and the ‘Rolexo’ watch

New Deal economics: lessons from Herbert Hoover

New Deal economics: lessons from Herbert Hoover

Bill Jamieson says calls for a Rooseveltian New Deal to stave off US recession are misinformed; it was FDR’s much-maligned predecessor who set the course for recovery

Credit Crunch: First Anniversary

Credit Crunch: First Anniversary

A primary banking crisis

Any Other Business

Does Medvedev really believe in the rule of law? The fate of TNK-BP is the test

Arts

Senior moments

New Tricks (BBC1); Mutual Friends (BBC1); Masterchef: the Professionals (BBC1)

That was the year that was

That was the year that was

1968: The Year of Revolutions (BBC Radio 4); The Golden Notebook (BBC Radio 4)

Books

A new angle on autism

A new angle on autism

Unstrange Minds by Roy Richard Grinker

Worldly and otherworldly

Stories by John Buchan, selected and introduced by Giles Foden

Style & Travel

Acropolis now

Acropolis now

Henry Sands says Athens’s new museum is missing its Marbles

Sitting on a rocket

Sitting on a rocket

Henry Sands goes powerboating in Malta

In this week's issue

Here’s how McCain can beat Obama to the White House

The acclaimed young Republican writer, Reihan Salam, says that McCain can win the presidency if he appeals relentlessly to the non-college-educated white middle class, pursues family-friendly tax reform and stands for global peace through American strength

Reihan Salam

Beijing Notebook

Boris Johnson recalls his recent jaunt to China on the occasion of the Olympic games

Boris Johnson

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