COVER

The Future Of Oil (Environment)

Extreme oil — from the deep Atlantic to the arctic, from fracking in the U.S. to sands in Canada — is replacing dwindling supplies. But it comes at a heavy economic and environmental cost

WORLD

London Stalling

London's bankers may be the least popular people in Britain, but the U.K. still relies on the City's huge financial sector to keep the country afloat

The Converted (The New Islamists)

Islamists, long suppressed by Middle Eastern dictators and feared by the West, now lead governments in the Arab Spring states. But instead of unleashing their radical urges, power has tamed them

THE CULTURE

BRIEFING

TRAVEL

LETTERS