11 Sep 2014:
Hull’s twin loss of its fishing and shipping industries consigned it to a future of poverty, isolation and even ridicule. But now all that is about to change, because the city is putting its faith back in the North Sea
7 Sep 2014: William Keegan: Alex Salmond is pinning his hopes on monetary union with the UK – but political independence has landed the euro countries in a grim collective plight
31 Aug 2014: Larry Elliott and Anne Penketh: President François Hollande could really do with some good economic news. But he is at the mercy of Germany's eurozone austerity drive – and Merkel is unlikely to cut him much slack