The Guardian's King's Cross office can seem cavernous on a holiday Monday – the rows of empty desks a cruel reminder that the rest of London is at play. Not so your small, and dedicated, Guardian Weekly team.
Keeping us on our toes this week in the absence of a decent cup of coffee (barista bar: closed for the holiday) was Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott, who commands our front page in a thoughtful and well-argued article about the possibility that the world economy could relapse into recession. Look inside for more economics news, as Venice toys with a tourism tax to top up its coffers, Spain anchors a deficit cap into its constitution, and the wealthy in France ask to pay more tax.
On our Africa pages, forests in Uganda are at risk from the expansion of sugarcane plantations, less aid money means more democracy in Somaliland, and the labour practices of South African winemakers come under scrutiny.
From Asia, we report on theft and tax evasion at the Forbidden City (corruption in a capital ... it was ever thus), concerns about China's nuclear programme and reform to Japan's, and NGO fears about some impending legislation in Cambodia.
We also keep up with two pages of news on Libya and commentary from the Observer's Andrew Rawnsley on the right lessons to be drawn from the conflict there.
Our review section muses over how anger flourishes on the internet thanks to anonymity and weighs up the power of women in Latin American politics. Culture considers the challenges of orchestral conducting.
Science discovers that our thick-browed forebears, Homo erectus, liked to cook, while the books pages speak of chitlins and cheese.
Which takes my mind back to the lack of early morning or late afternoon cuisine at the canteen as we toiled. Even the junk-food machine was broken. Thank goodness the contents of the Weekly itself gave us something to chew over.
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