Apr 13th 2013

Freedom fighter

Leaders

Margaret Thatcher

Freedom fighter

Now especially, the world needs to hold fast to Margaret Thatcher’s principles

Japan

Revolution in the air

After the central bank’s radical moves, now is the time for the prime minister to show his mettle

Germany and the euro

Right target, wrong shots

Southern Europeans are attacking Germany’s policies, but mostly for the wrong reasons

Indian politics

Memento Modi

If Narendra Modi wants to lead India, he needs to show contrition for the slaughter of Muslims

Digital currencies

A new specie

Regulators should keep their hands off new forms of digital money such as Bitcoin

Letters

Letters

On climate change, North Korea, Tibet, India, Cyprus, Egypt, tax avoidance, Europe

Briefing

Margaret Thatcher

No ordinary politician

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s prime minister from 1979 to 1990, died on April 8th at the age of 87. We assess her legacy to Britain and the world

The world’s reaction

Opinions divided

How the Iron Lady has been remembered abroad

United States

Prison in New Orleans

Sex and drugs and rock and roll

Jerry Brown in China

Chasing the dragon

Closing airport control towers

Eyes wide open

Interfaith marriage

Across the aisles

Maple syrup and crime

Caught sticky-handed

The Americas

Venezuela’s presidential election

Voting in St Hugo’s shadow

Rural development in Peru

The Andean connection

Argentina’s economy

Gaucho blues

Peace talks in Colombia

Friend and foe march for peace

Toronto’s mayor

Still standing

Asia

Farming in Japan

Field work

Narendra Modi

Steamroller

Malaysia’s general election

A time of gifts

North Korea

All cranked up

China

Bird flu

New scare

The dangers of debt

Shadows lengthen

Middle East & Africa

Nigeria’s Zimbabwean farmers

Nothing like chicken feed

Côte d’Ivoire

Will the guilt be shared?

Unrest in Yemen

Southern grumps

Syria’s civil war

Closer to the capital

Israelis, Palestinians and football

Kick out racism

Europe

Germany and the euro

Don’t make us Führer

Portugal’s budget

Constitutional difficulties

Slovenia and the euro

The next domino?

Europe’s royals

Unloved king, popular queen

Febrile France

Morality play

Repression in Russia

Put in his place

Charlemagne

Euro wobbles

Britain

Military kit

To boldly GOCO

Religion and politics

High office, low church

Muslim leaders

Anglo-imamania

Knighthoods

Arise, Mr Crosby

Suburban golf clubs

In search of the green

Household rubbish

Waste not

International

Teaching the past

1066 and all that

Tracking services

Pilgrims’ progress

Capital punishment

Not dead yet

Business

Immigration and America’s high-tech industry

The jobs machine

Infrastructure

Back on track

Disrupting television

Signalled out

Finance & economics

Virtual currencies

Mining digital gold

Intrade in trouble

Bet lynched

Monetary policy in Japan

Opening the floodgates

Offshore finance

Leaky devils

Italy’s public arrears

An overdue move

The Securities and Exchange Commission

Rakoff’s revenge

The Institute for New Economic Thinking

A slipping taboo

Science & technology

Heart disease and the microbiome

High steaks

Psychology

Ground down

Male attractiveness

Abs-olutely fabulous

Palaeontology

A new human relative

Cancer medicine

Drug dependence

Books & arts

Turning-points in history

When the world changed

Domestics in Britain

Life below stairs

The Rijksmuseum reopens

A new golden age

Economic & financial indicators

Obituary

Financial Indicators