The squabble for Holland’s soul
Blacks, Jews and asylum-seekers have all taken a kicking lately. But anti-racists have grown louder too
View ArticleMessi, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic: football’s new superheroes
Today’s great footballers are incomparably fitter than their predecessors. But their perfection goes beyond the physical
View ArticleManchester United: Profits before goals
Recent setbacks for one of the world’s most famous football clubs reflect the owners’ approach as much as the teething troubles of its new manager
View ArticlePeace in our time
They’d have stopped the first world war fast if soldiers had live-tweeted the carnage
View ArticleInterview: Carlo Ancelotti
The manager of Real Madrid talks about handling the pressure, the players and the demanding billionaire owners
View ArticleThe economist’s guide to the future
In 100 years, the world’s poorest people may live like today’s middle-class Americans
View ArticleSports events: Faded glory
Russia, which is about to stage the Winter Olympics, is learning that playing host to such an event is a dubious honour and requires new tactics
View ArticleHow to save France
As a Briton married to an American, I know about national decline. The key is to embrace it
View ArticleWhat are we working for?
Westerners will continue our trend of working less, and Asians are already starting to follow us
View ArticleHow to save the UK
Plonking the government in central Glasgow, where male life expectancy is 54, could transform British social policy
View Article‘Muddling through’ is the new politics
Politicians can improve the world but only bit by bit. Try something small, that’s easily reversed. If it works, scale it up. If not, you drop it
View ArticleHow to save the US
The solution to America’s problems is obvious – it should model itself on its military...
View ArticleRespect the past, change the present
Catholic Ireland and Britain weren’t always adversaries. Rethinking the first world war has probably helped bring peace to Northern Ireland
View ArticleAnother outbreak of Blair Disease
Most ex-leaders link up with the plutocratic class while still in office. These people have been planning their careers since kindergarten
View ArticleSarajevo: the crossroads of history
On a street corner here 100 years ago, a 19-year-old Serb nationalist shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and triggered the first world war. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, is still a potent...
View ArticleCan Paris Saint-Germain become the world’s richest sports club?
How a Qatari state investment company bought one of Europe’s youngest and most troubled football clubs and transformed it into a brand sensation
View ArticleThe surprising power of peace
In the current conflict, nobody seems eager to kill. Not even John McCain proposes American military intervention
View ArticleThe next big rights revolution
The new interest in disabled people reflects the belated discovery that there are no second-class humans
View ArticleManchester United’s biggest problem is not selecting next manager
The challenge facing the Premier League club after brief and troubled reign of David Moyes to compete at the highest level in Europe
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