Dim sums
Trade missions are almost comically pointless nowadays, as George Osborne’s visit demonstrated this week in Beijing. He is right that…
Portrait of the week
Home Shares in Royal Mail, floated on the stock market at 330p, began trading at 475p. SSE, the energy supplier,…
Barometer
Union dispute Pedants suffered a blow as the chief vexillologist of the Flag Institute declared that the Union Jack and…
Letters
A fat lot of good Sir: Max Pemberton is right that obesity is a terrible problem in western society (‘The…
Books and Arts
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Blowing bubbles
In opposition, George Osborne said that you cannot borrow your way out of a debt crisis. In government, he has…
Portrait of the week
Home An issue of shares in Royal Mail was oversubscribed, pushing valuation well above initial forecasts of £3.3 billion. The…
Barometer
Lost property The second-to-last surviving resident of St Kilda — a small archipelago 40 miles off the Outer Hebrides which…
Letters
Nursing standards Sir: I share Mary Dejevsky’s concern regarding the impact of tired, overworked nurses on the quality of patient…
