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MICHAEL MORPURGO ON THE PITY OF WAR

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:41:04 +0000

As the author of “War Horse”, Mr Morpurgo has seen the battlefields of Flanders many times. But In Flanders Fields Museum still moves him ... read more »

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE SOUND

Ann Wroe — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:40:23 +0000

The King James Bible is 400 years old this year, and the music of its sentences is still ringing out. But what exactly made it so good? Ann Wroe gives chapter and verse...
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FIRESIDE TALES ON THE TELLY

Andrew Marr — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:46 +0000

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

POLL RESULTS: GUTENBERG PIPS JESUS

Emily Bobrow — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:37:32 +0000

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 »

A TIME-CAPSULE IN ARLES

Art.view — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:09:18 +0000

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

ANNI MIRABILES: 1712

Robert Butler — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:23:28 +0000

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 »

ANNI MIRABILES: 1944

Richard Cockett — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:04:34 +0000

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 »

ANNI MIRABILES: 1791

Tom Standage — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:28:27 +0000

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 »

ANNI MIRABILES: 1439

Ann Wroe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:46:23 +0000

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 »

ANNI MIRABILES: 1204

Bruce Clark — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:49:46 +0000

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 »