The man from Massachusetts has momentum
There are two readings of Mitt Romneys position he cant win, and he cant lose. But might he be the man who can hold on to enough of a Republican support base to break the front-runner cycle and...
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Even after the fall of Silvio Berlusconi, Italians are in little doubt just how bad a state their country is in. But in Urbino there is little idea, beyond the protests of young occupiers and tired...
View ArticleThe Killing (BBC 4)
Rachel Cooke celebrates the return of the Danish detective Sarah Lund.
View ArticleMuch more than caffeine culture
Nina Caplan explores our enduring fascination with the seductive and addictive taste of the best coffee, and the orientalised history behind it.
View ArticleOsborne's £5bn plan is too little, too late
A programme funded by cuts elsewhere is an insufficient stimulus.
View ArticleGary Speed and press intrusion in the post-phone hacking era
It's no different from any other "death knock", wizened hacks tell me. Well, I agree.
View ArticleThe irresistible rise of the Muslim Brothers
For years, the west has feared the Muslim Brotherhood succeeding to the highest levels of Egyptian political power. With Islamists poised to win the lions share of seats in Egypts election, is the...
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