Simon Johnson & Peter Boone | Atlantic | 19 September 2012 "The euro zone is well down the path to severe crisis, but other industrialized democracies are hot on its heels. Do not let the euro zone’s troubles distract you from the bigger picture: We are all in a mess." Japan more than most Comments Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Telegraph | 19 September 2012 Dispute between China and Japan over barren islands in East China Sea looks absurd. But it isn't. "This is a calibrated crisis to test the strength of the US alliance with Japan." Obama faces a critical decision Comments Frank Close | Prospect | 19 September 2012 "Matter is not the Big Bang’s only child. It was born with a long-lost twin: Antimatter." Here's what we know about it, and the mystery of how matter, rather than antimatter, came to dominate our universe Comments Hussein Ibish | Now Lebanon | 17 September 2012 "Muslims are simply going to have to get used to the fact that freedom means everybody has an equal opportunity to be offended and that they must endure this without a violent response or the suppression of free speech" Comments David Kamp | Vanity Fair | 12 September 2012 Two small-time producers, a journeyman director, and a “rough diamond” of a star. But James Bond was a hit as soon as it reached the screen. This is how the $5bn franchise got started Comments Max Saunders | New Statesman | 7 September 2012 New TV adaptation of "Parade's End", by Tom Stoppard greeted as masterpiece. Original novels rediscovered as 20C classics, as vital as those of Greene or Conrad. Who was Ford, and why did the critics cast him into oblivion? Comments | 
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