经济学人391:Tainted love 堕落的爱
Books and Arts;Book Review;New American fiction;Tainted love;Dirtby DAVID VANN. 文艺；书评；一部新的美国小说；堕落的爱；《丑事》大卫范恩著。 DAVID VANNs first short-story collection, Legend of a Suicide, was an arresting
经济学人392:和平活动家布莱恩·霍
Obituary;Brian Haw 讣告；布莱恩霍 Brian Haw, peace campaigner, died on June 18th, aged 62 布莱恩霍和平活动家，于六月十八日逝世，享年六十二岁 When Brian Haw sat in his old canvas chair in front of his banner-hung tent i
经济学人393:科学究竟有什么用?
Books and Artts; Book review; 文艺；书评； Conundrums of science; 科学谜题； What is it for? 科学究竟有什么用？ Scinece in the 20th century and beyond; by Jon Agar; 20世纪后科学；乔艾格著； SCIENCE works with problems b
经济学人395:地毯哲学家雷·安德森
Obituary；Ray Anderson； 讣告；雷安德森； Ray Anderson, America's greenest businessman, died on August 8th, aged 77. 雷安德森，美国最具环保意识的生意人，于8月8日逝世，享年77岁。 WHEN Ray Anderson first encountere
经济学人396:沙滩上的爱因斯坦
Books and Arts; Opera review; Einstein on the beach; 文艺；歌剧评论；沙滩上的爱因斯坦； Breaking the waves; An avant-garde opera on a rare world tour. 乘风破浪；一部先锋歌剧正在进行世界巡演，机会难得。 THE mu
经济学人397:英国二战女特工南希·威克
Obituary;Nancy Wake; 讣告；南希威克； Nancy Wakesaboteur and special agent, died on August 7th, aged 98. 南希威克二战间功勋卓越的英国间谍特工，8月7日去世，享年98岁。 Convivial, and not averse to a drink, Nancy Wake
经济学人398:古典音乐—音乐的魔术
Books and Arts;Book Review;Classical music;Conjurors; 文艺；书评；古典音乐；音乐的魔术； Music as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and Their Orchestras. 音乐就像点石成金一段与伟大的指挥家和乐团的奇妙旅程
经济学人399:奥匈帝国末代皇帝之子
Obitury;Otto von Habsburg； 讣告；奥托冯哈布斯堡大公； Archduke Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, died on July 4th, aged 98. 奥托冯哈布斯堡大公，奥匈帝国末代皇帝之子于7月4日逝世，享年
经济学人400:伦敦巫术 激情犯罪
Books and Arts;Book review;Black magic in London; 文艺；书评；伦敦巫术； Crimes of passion;The Boy in the River. By Richard Hoskins. 激情犯罪；《河里的男孩》，理查德霍斯金斯著。 In the late 1980s Richard Hoskins, youn
经济学人401:书卷中的英伦风光
Books and Arts; Book Review; English landscape;Up hill, down dale 文艺；书评；书卷中的英伦风光;风光无限好 TOM FORT pedals down the A303 in Britains soft south. Paul Barker trudges round Hebden Bridge in the hard north. Both writers
经济学人402:巴西足球哲人苏格拉底
Obituary;Scrates; 讣告；苏格拉底； Scrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer and political agitator, died on December 4th, aged 57. 巴西足球员及政治鼓动者苏格拉底奥利维拉于12月4日辞世，
经济学人403:新书出炉 祸不单行
Books and Arts;Book Review;New fiction；Trouble in pairs 文艺；书评；新书出炉；祸不单行 Beautiful Lies. By Clare Clark. 《美丽谎言》，克莱尔克拉克著买。 CLARE CLARK found her new heroine when she unearthed an article i
经济学人404:星光灿烂 英格兰的冥想
Books and Arts; Opera Review; Damon Albarns new opera; 文艺；歌剧评论；戴蒙亚邦的新音乐剧； Star light, star bright;A meditation on England; 星光灿烂；英格兰的冥想； In 1572 a new star blazed through the sky. It was a ca
经济学人405:肯尼亚诺贝尔和平奖得主马塔伊
Wangari Maathai 旺加里马塔伊 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, died on September 25th, aged 71. 旺加里马塔伊，肯尼亚环保专家，活跃的政治家，于九月二十五日逝世，享年71岁。 In man
经济学人406:二战代价几何(1)
Books and Arts;Book review;The second world war; 文艺；书评；第二次世界大战; Counting the cost; 二战代价几何？ Two British historians analyse the 20th centurys worst conflict. 看两位英国历史学家如何剖析20世纪最严重
