Hello, I'm currently out of office.

An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break.

So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science.

Yours, Toby.

Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.

Atul protected.

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The Economist. Sometimes you don't know how the story ends.

That's not just a philosophical statement or some figurative musing to start your weekend.

I mean, practically, in journalism, sometimes you do not know how the story that you're working on will end.

When you're out reporting, making a record of things as they happen,

you might understand where things began.

You may even know why things began,

but you might just be in the middle.

Where do things end?

You don't know. It hasn't happened yet.

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