Soho House looks like a members club, swims like a members club and quacks like a members club: “From the beginning, and throughout our 25-year history, our members have always been at the heart of everything we do.” But Soho House isn’t really a members club at all. A genuine members club is owned and operated by its members, who ...

Could Germans’ cherished right to drive as fast as they like on the Autobahn soon be outlawed? With the country’s center-left Social Democrats now leading the polls ahead of this month’s federal election, we shouldn’t rule it out: If voted in, they promise to limit motorway speeds to a maximum of 130 km per hour (81 miles per hour). Possible ...

If you can tear yourself away from the disappointing US jobs numbers and what that means for the Federal Reserve’s prospective reduction in stimulus, signals from China offer an equally sobering view of the global recovery. Economists are wringing their hands over employment growth in August, which was weaker than even the most pessimistic estimate. Tapering of the Fed’s quantitative ...