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Summer fetes show there is still hope for the English village

Why monoculture events like the World Cup are becoming the exception

Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow

The slow demise of the swim test

Enjoy the peculiar melange of whiteboards and humans while you can

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist