经济学人:英国政治 时钟停摆

Politics 英国政治 Winding down 时钟停摆 Over a year before the general election, Parliament is already clocking off 大选后一年多，议会已像时钟一样停摆 PARLIAMENT feels different from usual. The lobbies and corridors are quiet

经济学人:紧缩的办公室 都是管理学惹的祸

Ever-smaller offices 紧缩的办公室 Pressed suits 正如缩水套装 Feeling a bit cramped? Blame management theory 挤？都是管理学惹的祸 PROJECT gold and Project Nexus sound like plans for bank heists or military assaults. In reality, t

经济学人:军队改革 国防采购私有化惨遭失败

Military reform 军队改革 No go, GOCO 政府拥有、承包商运营计划被搁置 Why a bold plan to privatise military procurement fell apart 国防采购私有化的壮举为何惨遭失败 Can we turn this thing around? 这事行得通吗？

经济学人:地方电视台 小城眼光

Local television 地方电视台 Small-town views 小城眼光 The fruits of government meddling in the television market 政府干预电视市场的后果 FOR more than a decade staff and media students at the Grimsby Institute, a college in Lincoln

经济学人:家中安息 家庭援助

Dying at home 家中安息 Home help 家庭援助 The government wants you to have a comfortable (and cheap) death 政府愿您安乐（又经济）的告别人世 Still, it's better than hospital 家还是比医院好 DEATH comes to all, but some ar

经济学人:马德里 臭气熏天

Madrid 马德里 Stinky 臭气熏天 Cleaners on strike in Spain's capital 西班牙首都马德里的清洁工罢工了 THE paint is fresh at Creme Delacreme, a chic new restaurant on the fringes of Madrid's bustling Chueca district. But a rancid, s

经济学人:涂鸦 墙上文化

Graffiti 涂鸦 The writing's on the wall 墙上文化 Having turned respectable, graffiti culture is dying 涂鸦文化获得体面，然濒临灭绝 LONDON'S fastest-changing art gallery is hidden in a sunken ball court on a housing estate in Stock

经济学人:德国教堂 奢华的主教

The church in Germany 德国教堂 Bishop of bling 奢华的主教 Episcopal extravagance fuels criticism of state-financed churches 主教的土豪作风激发了对国家资助教堂的批评 THE faithful of Limburg, a diocese in Hesse, have been p

经济学人:伦敦时装周

London Fashion Week 伦敦时装周 Rags to riches 朱门华裳 British fashion is becoming more hard headed 英国时尚产业跨入高端大气上档次时代 The Delevingne effect 卡拉迪瓦伊的美女效应 WITH its whirl of frocks, models and

经济学人:英伦衰城 都市阴魂

Rustbelt Britain 英伦衰城 The urban ghosts 都市阴魂 These days the worst urban decay is found not in big cities but in small ones 当下，小城市而非大城市的都市衰败现象最为严重 WHEN recession hit Hartlepool in 2008 it hit

经济学人:水烟休息室 水烟幻想

Shisha lounges 水烟休息室 Hubble, bubble 水烟幻想 Young British Asians have adapted an Arab tradition 年轻的亚裔英国人已经适应了阿拉伯传统 Does your mother know that you're out? 你的妈妈知道你外出了吗？ MANY par

经济学人:威士忌 我的来自英国

Whisky 威士忌 Mine's an English 我的来自英国 Taking on one of the world's most powerful brands 承担一个世界上最强大的品牌 WITH its lofty peaks, peaty water and the steady drip of rain on heather, Bassenthwaite seems an ideal pla

经济学人:农场里的失窃案 与羊有关

Rural thefts 农场里的失窃案 On the lamb 与羊有关 The revival of an old crime 旧罪新犯 CRIME has been falling in Britain since the mid-1990s, with very few exceptions. Police fret about rising online fraud and phishing scams perpetuated

经济学人:餐馆 放弃印式

Restaurants 餐馆 Giving up the gosht 放弃印式 The future of curry houses looks grim 咖喱屋的未来看起来很严峻 THE curry house is a British institution. Every town has at least one. Ballater, a tiny village in the icy remoteness of no

经济学人:复刻音乐 一家英国唱片店的兴起

Waxing lyrical 复刻音乐 Why one British record shop is thriving 一家英国唱片店的兴起 VISITING Rough Trade, a west London record shop, in the 1970s and 1980s was like going on a pilgrimage. Young men and a few women would gather to discu

经济学人:区域旅游业 用船把他们带进来

Regional tourism 区域旅游业 Importing them by the shipload 用船把他们带进来 Attracting tourists to Britain's regions will get tougher as the economy grows 英国经济有所好转，吸引游客却变困难 IN THE harbour at Portsmouth,

经济学人:洪水保险 海平面上升

Flood insurance 洪水保险 Sea change 海平面上升 If you have an expensive house near the sea, it's time to sell 如果你在海边有一栋豪宅，那么现在赶快抛售吧 ON DECEMBER 6th the largest storm surge since 1953 hit Britain's co

经济学人:英国鸟类迁徙趋势 有所改变

Ornithological trends 英国鸟类迁徙趋势 This bird has flown 有所改变 Why some species are thriving outside southern England 为什么英格兰南部有些物种开始兴盛？ WHEN people talk about a north-south divide in Britain they are

经济学人:城市规划 铁路大设想

Urban planning 城市规划 Rail ambition 铁路大设想 Cities used to think modern art could save them. Now it's railway stations 城市的救命稻草由过去的现代艺术转为地铁车站 IN JANUARY commuters voted Birmingham New Street one

经济学人:无酗酒酒吧 酒不醉人

Booze-free bars 无酗酒酒吧 Shaken not slurred 酒不醉人 Fashionable urbanites revive a temperance tradition 时尚的都市人恢复了节制饮酒的传统 None for the road 无人醉倒在路边 WEST LONDON，Friday night, 9pm. In the Redem