Christmas Specials
Following Fatimah’s sandals
What the journey of a pair of shoes reveals about capitalism
And how Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, is changing
Cereal killer
The life-giving, death-dealing power of corn
Maize fed ancient civilisations, then wiped out 100,000 American Southerners. What went wrong?
Missiles and lies
The truth about the passenger jet Putin’s men shot down
Investigating MH17, the crime that presaged the war in Ukraine
The price of a whale
Where capitalism and conservation meet
Can you put a price on the wonders of nature?
Life does not stop
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war
From ravers to rubbish collectors, residents tells their stories
Beside the seaside
Millions of Chinese are venturing to the beach for the first time
China’s beach culture is a microcosm of society
Make America Godly Again
Many Trump supporters believe God has chosen him to rule
The Economist tries to find out why
Wine and climate
Global warming is changing wine (not yet for the worse)
New vineyards are popping up in surprising places; old ones are enduring
Sketching the year’s big stories
The cartoons that sum up 2023
KAL, our resident cartoonist, was inspired by AI, inflation, China and Donald Trump
