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Why do Europe’s blue-chip companies sell improved versions of 20th-century products, like jetliners, vaccines and shampoos, whereas American ones make novelties like AI chatbots? One big reason, our Charlemagne columnist finds, is the way Europe goes about sacking workers.
Jilly Cooper, it is safe to say, was more interested in fornication than in European innovation. If the subject intrigues you, too, read our tribute to
Britain’s bonkbuster queen,
who has died aged 88. She gave her compatriots a chance to use words like “buttocks” in an otherwise bleak world. | 
