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What makes good history television? Andrew Marr, who has personal reasons for asking, considers the best examples ...  read more »

What was the most pivotal moment of all time? Thousands of readers voted in our online poll, and the invention of the printing press has soundly beat Jesus’s birth …  read more »

Art.view visits a charming museum of life in a French village in the 19th-century ...  read more »

What was the most important year ever? Andrew Marr suggests it was probably 1776, but Robert Butler, a contributor to Intelligent Life, points to the start of the industrial revolution ...  read more »

What was the most important year ever? Andrew Marr suggests it was probably 1776, but Richard Cockett, The Economist's Africa editor, proposes the year that initiated modern ideological warfare ...  read more »

What was the most important year ever? Andrew Marr suggests it was probably 1776, but Tom Standage, The Economist's business affairs editor, recalls the first time information could be transmitted faster than a letter ...  read more »

What was the most important year ever? Andrew Marr suggests it was probably 1776, but Ann Wroe, The Economist's obituaries editor, casts a vote for Gutenberg's breakthrough  ...  read more »

What was the most important year ever? Andrew Marr suggests it was probably 1776, but Bruce Clark, The Economist's international editor, thinks otherwise ...  read more »

Human history is full of pivotal years. But which was the most significant? Andrew Marr ponders some contenders. Over the next few days, Economist writers will cast their votes, and then you can too (see our poll in the right-hand column)...  read more »