‘There is a unique beauty to this time of year. Everything looks ghostly in the dense, opaque air’

The extraordinary thing about Roger Federer is that he still loves playing tennis after all these years

Taipei’s MRT is the only underground railway where someone has offered to tie up my shoelace

As I approached the hall where the relics of our vintage were assembled, I heard an unspirit-like roar

A country’s values come into focus when seen by an outsider, contrasting them with his native country

Isis could be seen as a vast and terrifying collective outbreak of the Freudian concept of ‘acting out’

After 11 years, Harry Eyres’ column has come to an end. Here’s his first, from January 17, 2004

An imaginative journey into the life and work of an elusive Roman poet

The taming of the Tea Party leaves the GOP short on the ideological message the voters like

People seem to resign themselves to innovations they considered dubious at the outset

Assertions the patient ‘wouldn’t have wanted to suffer’ offer doctors too much leeway

Elected rulers use heavy-handed authority to prevent being toppled by swings in opinion

People do not want sweeping immigration reform. They want less immigration

The dividing line between beach and mountain people seems to involve their need for company

A website’s faults do not absolve it from dealing fairly with users

The Ecclestone case illustrates that power is migrating away from votes and towards money

Former Obama adviser is just the person to explain the taxi-calling app’s ‘free-market’ approach

It would be wrong for charges against the Texas governor to be allowed through the courts

From abortion to gay rights, he is unorthodox on Republican ‘values’, writes Christopher Caldwell

How the network upended American politics and news

Donald Trump’s campaign was about sociology not ideology

The New Economy involves phasing out all aspects of the old, including personnel

Whatever his short-term plans, Trump wants a radical tightening of US border policy

Americans resent inquisitions aimed at depriving them of their elected president

Sadoun: “This is how I work: I go fast, I take risk, I learn, I correct if it’s not good”

The sports marketing and agency boss explains why the City of Angels is ready to play host

How the ride-hailing chief’s good-guy image is paying off

The entertainment boss runs his online streaming company like a champion sports team

The chief executive on dismantling the FTSE 100 company and axing his own job

The travel company CEO sees voice search as the next opportunity for growth

With new owners, falling viewers and spiralling costs, Formula One is at a crossroads

How the property dynamo went from a milk round to becoming a self-made billionaire

The Swiss agricultural chief is overseeing a merger with state-owned ChemChina

The man who invented China’s Singles Day eyes opportunity offline

Europe’s biggest activist investor shakes up management teams to unlock hidden value

The leader is a rare example of a foreigner running a German multinational

After weathering the country’s worst recession, Candido Bracher is looking to expand

In an industry obsessed with algorithms, the media boss is focusing on quality

In a male-dominated industry, the executive says she has not been held back

Former head of UK Sport has set sights on winning the World Cup

The dotcom entrepreneur who built Argentina’s largest company is now eyeing the banks

Avoid eating too much and say yes to that extra glass of wine before you go to sleep in flight

For her 99th birthday my granny wanted to fly from Ottawa to Italy and get out her bikini

Casual familiarity triggers a sense of belonging and happiness in most of us and this in turn makes us more resilient

Eurostar’s new on-board lighting makes me think of an operating theatre lit for intricate surgery

A summer office set-up reminds us that we don’t need gimmicks in the workplace to keep colleagues happy

The great thing about many Alpine resorts is that they understand the value of leaving things alone

The Swiss bunker mentality has always felt at once quaint, menacing and oddly reassuring

A few of late summer’s more frequently asked questions

Many media companies still maintain a direct relationship with readers — but few still have access to foyers