The Long And Short Of It

摘要

Charlemagne once disappointed a lady at a party. According to his newly launched blog, our Europe columnist saw his admirer's face fall on meeting him in the flesh. She reckoned that the person behind the trenchant opinions fired weekly from Brussels should be taller. Readers can now get a little closer to the authors of Charlemagne and three of The Economist's other columns. Their blogs have just launched on our website.rnAs well as offering opinions on their usual subjects, Charlemagne also looks at the quirks of living in the euro-bubble and Bagehot at British life, art and football. But-rntonwood reflects on the people behind the markets and Lexington mulls all the things he finds interesting, significant, quirky and irritating.rnReaders are welcome to join the conversation by posting comments of their own. These blogs will straddle the line between personal reflection and the anonymity that is our house style, so don't expect many personal revelations, including about height-but one of these columnists is really quite tall.