People
Wine and tulips in Kabul
Foreign invaders have always had a difficult relationship with Afghanistan. The diary of Babur, the first Moghul emperor, offers some lessons in how to manage—and to enjoy—the placeDec 16th 2010
The glory of Berlusconi
Like its founder, Mediaset is tacky, unfairly advantaged—and resilientDec 16th 2010
Thank you and goodbye
The president fires his chief diplomat ahead of a new round of nuclear talksDec 16th 2010
Articles from previous editions
Lucky in love
A serial entrepreneur shows France how to love, and how to failDec 9th 2010
Clots and plots
A backbench Lib Dem MP is embroiled in a Russian spy scandal. It gets odderDec 9th 2010
Playing chess with Iran
One game Barack Obama has not yet fumbledDec 9th 2010
Seeking new friends
Juan Manuel Santos tries diplomacyDec 9th 2010
Con or can do
What to make of Thierry Guetta, hyperactive FrenchmanDec 9th 2010
On a wing and a prayer
The financial storm has reopened the debate on the euro’s flawed designDec 2nd 2010
Lukashenka at bay
The president will declare victory on December 19th—but may yet goDec 2nd 2010
The qualities of Sarah Palin
A head for business, a natural communicator—and a disaster in waiting for the RepublicansDec 2nd 2010
The tortoise strategy
Ed Miliband is struggling to impose himself on his party and the countryDec 2nd 2010
Obituaries
Richard Holbrooke
Diplomat and troubleshooterDec 16th 2010
Elaine Kaufman
She was the keeper of New York's last saloonDec 9th 2010
Brian Marsden
He kept the records of the solar systemDec 2nd 2010
Emilio Massera
The commander of Argentina’s “dirty war”Nov 25th 2010
Liang Congjie
Modern China's first environmentalistNov 18th 2010
P. Lal
He was determined to keep the best English writing alive and well in IndiaNov 11th 2010
Viktor Chernomyrdin
He eased Russia's switch to capitalism while also defining its flawsNov 4th 2010
Joan Sutherland
She had a Voice from heaven, which never deserted herOct 28th 2010
Benoît Mandelbrot
The man who made maths prettyOct 21st 2010
Norman Wisdom
The last of the knockaboutsOct 14th 2010
Michael Lassen
A stained-glass artist who died at workOct 7th 2010
William Coblentz
A man of influence in and beyond CaliforniaSep 30th 2010
Bärbel Bohley
An East German artist and toppler of the Berlin WallSep 23rd 2010
Lord Bingham 
The greatest English judge since the second world warSep 16th 2010
Colin Tennant and Vladimir Raitz
Providers of different sorts of holidaysSep 9th 2010
Mont Liggins
Investigator of the mysteries of birth and breathSep 2nd 2010
Bill Millin
Piper at the D-Day landingsAug 26th 2010
Robert Boyle
Alfred Hitchcock's art directorAug 19th 2010
Tony Judt
Zionist, Francophile, socialist and Euro-federalistAug 12th 2010
Alex Higgins
He helped turn snooker into a global phenomenon, but celebrity didn't suit himAug 5th 2010
Steve Schneider
He was utterly candid about the uncertainties of climate science and the role of subjective judgmentJul 29th 2010
Mau Piailug
A master of the ancient Polynesian art of sailing by the stars and the look of the seaJul 22nd 2010
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