A Girl’s Best Friend
The gemstone traders on London's Hatton Garden have witnessed huge changes in attitudes towards marriage, but diamonds are forever
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
New York: A Cousin in the White House
US Election Week diary: New Yorkers and their attitudes towards the new president “I don’t want to live in a country that will elect Sarah Palin.” Fragments of a conversation between two
Escalating Etiquette
Britons' behaviour on the London Underground escalators shows the country has not yet lost all its charm and civility
New York: Diary
‘New York feels much calmer than London about the financial crisis. It’s not clear if this attitude is a product of resignation or sheer denial, schadenfreude against wealthy financiers, or perhaps a