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Correspondent's Diary

Return to Tibet

Outward calm Requires subscription 

Across the region, an array of tactics for keeping the peaceFeb 2nd 2010 Web only

The Copenhagen climate conference

The storm before the storm Requires subscription 

The Bella Centre grows crowded and tenseDec 18th 2009 Web only

The Copenhagen climate conference

Green enough? Requires subscription 

Gloom and doom in a very big roomDec 15th 2009 Web only

Atlanta's mayoral election

Too close to call Requires subscription 

The race for Atlanta's top job goes down to the wireDec 4th 2009 Web only

Cod in Maine

Fish tales Requires subscription 

Can farming save Maine's moribund fishing industry?Nov 25th 2009 Web only

Barcelona

The Spanish prisoners Requires subscription 

Does failure in Barcelona augur poorly for Copenhagen?Nov 19th 2009 Web only

Jörg Haider's museum

Chameleon at rest Requires subscription 

Commemorating a populist with shades of truth and memoryOct 30th 2009 Web only

Fenger Academy

First day jitters Requires subscription 

A troubled school before the cameras arrivedOct 14th 2009 Web only

Kyrgyzstan

Tripolar disorder Requires subscription 

The new Great Game, from the ground upOct 1st 2009 Web only

The Playwright Tavern

Bear bar Requires subscription 

Lehman one year on, from the bottom of a glassSep 17th 2009 Web only

The Valdai club

Eastward bound Requires subscription 

Our Europe editor joins an annual talk shop in RussiaSep 18th 2009 Web only

The Canadian Arctic

Slush fund Requires subscription 

Canada's armed forces wave the flag up northSep 11th 2009 Web only

Chilies in Britain

Capsaicinshire Requires subscription 

A stiff upper lip conceals a burning tongueSep 4th 2009 Web only

Miscellany

A tragedy

Gordon Rex Requires subscription 

Or, The Men in Grey Suits Dec 17th 2009

Violin-making

Older and richer Requires subscription 

Violin-making is flourishing, but the 450-year-old ones are still the bestDec 17th 2009

Filth

The joy of dirt Requires subscription 

Why cleanliness may be going out of fashion Dec 17th 2009

Being foreign

The others Requires subscription 

It is becoming both easier and more difficult to experience the thrill of being an outsiderDec 17th 2009

Would-be migrants

Greener grass Requires subscription 

Hundreds of millions of people would rather live somewhere elseDec 17th 2009

The Holy Land

Where piety meets power Requires subscription 

How the Russian church and with it the Russian state are gaining ground, in several senses, in the Holy LandDec 17th 2009

Rice in Japan

You are what you eat Requires subscription 

Can a country as modern as Japan cling onto a culture as ancient as rice?Dec 17th 2009

The Amur River

The Amur's siren song Requires subscription 

The long river that marks the border between Russia and China has proved to be a site of dashed hopesDec 17th 2009

Politeness

Hi there Requires subscription 

Life is getting friendlier but less interesting. Blame technology, globalisation and feminismDec 17th 2009

Claret and London

Hedonism and claret Requires subscription 

How the rise of the British middle classes in the 18th and 19th centuries shaped the wine industryDec 17th 2009

Difficult languages

Tongue twisters Requires subscription 

In search of the world’s hardest languageDec 17th 2009

Quizzes

Christmas quiz

Who was St Nicholas?


Hong Kong quiz

Test your knowledge of the handover and more


Scotland and England quiz

Ten questions on the thorny relationship between the thistle and the rose


The European Union at 50

Will you too be far more successful than expected?


Canada quiz

For those who think every day is Canada Day


Euroquiz

Ten questions for ten new members


Valentine's Day quiz

If you haven't got love, at least you can take a quiz about it

Millennium quiz

From the Medici to Fantasy Island

Globalisation quiz

Can you make sense of an integrating world?

Style quiz

Do you have the write stuff? Based on The Economist's Style Guide

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