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本期文章: The world this year KAL’s cartoon Legacy of a pandemic: The new normal Britain’s government: Broken promises Russia and Ukraine: How to deter Vladimir Putin America’s investors: Situation normal: all bid up Country of the year: Triumphal honours Letters to the editor: On Brexit, satellite pollution, local taxes, cheese, Fairphone, art, Stephen Sondheim, the Beatles Internal migration: Movers and shakers Kentucky’s tornado: The long road back Lexington: Rowing about Christmas Education after covid-19: Studying Ceará Chile’s presidential contest: Curb your extremism North Korea: A decade of despair Politics in the Pacific: Rule of three Banyan: Down and to the right Bullying small countries: A frigid farewell Elderly suicide: Old and sad Libya: On your marks, get set, now what? Iranian saffron: The bitter taste of sanctions Ethiopia’s civil war: Back to the mountains Denmark: No room at the inn Another view: The Lolland exception Bulgaria: Here come the Harvards Charlemagne: A bittersweet Noël Covid-19: A dose for the world Unionism and social attitudes: Saving Ulster The Marble Arch mound: Over the hills Bagehot: Wakey wakey The spread of the Omicron variant: Seeing the need for speed Archaeology: Unearthing the truth Parenting in Hong Kong: Teach your children well An economic history of the restaurant: The pleasures of the table Corrugated iron: Gimme shelter A fairer way to vote?: The public squared Space travel: Fighting fit Singapore: The last holdout Julius Caesar: He came, he saw, he lied British social history: Pocock’s pen pals The soviet disunion: Unfinished business The Kalergi plan: Sons of Tokyo, dreams of Europe Food history: No spring chicken Middle Eastern trains: Murder of the Orient Express Fashion: One woman’s trash Indian popular culture: The arrival of a truck North v south: A world of two halves Cryptocurrencies: Ride to freedom On the wings of song: Of birds and men Container shipping: All at sea Plots unearthed in 2021: A year in four charts Information technology: Cloud atlas Bartleby: Teamwork and the Beatles Schumpeter: Lords of the metaverse Private markets: Spinning around Economic sanctions: SWIFT thinking Follow the money: After a shocker in 2021, where might inflation go in 2022? Local debt in China: Lurking danger Free exchange: Of Milton and money Apiarism: Bees, mites and unintended consequences Marine propulsion: Real fintech Geomagnetic archaeology: One with Nineveh and Tyre Saudi cinema: Arabian lights Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets The year in news: If it spreads, it’s read Antony Sher: Spiderman Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)