Do typefaces really matter? (BBC news online)
When Avatar, the biggest grossing movie of all time was released, one section of the audience was immediately outraged.
Continue Reading Add comment July 20th, 2010
Posts filed under 'Culture'
Should we trust the wisdom of crowds? (BBC news online)
A problem shared is a problem halved, goes the old saying. But what happens if you share a problem with millions of people?
Continue Reading July 5th, 2010
Hysterical, deluded and thoroughly English (BBC news online)
Why do the English fool themselves, again and again, into believing they can win? Might they actually enjoy it?
Continue Reading June 28th, 2010
A mad, bad and dangerous swim across the Dardanelles (Financial Times magazine)
I am swimming in the middle of the strait dividing Europe from Asia Minor and I sense most of us are not going to make it.
Continue Reading May 8th, 2010
The real pearl of cinema ads (BBC news online)
Cinema advertising company Pearl & Dean has been sold for £1. It was famous for its theme tune, but the adverts it made for local businesses were a cultural milestone in themselves.
Continue Reading Add comment April 23rd, 2010
Unshrouding the science of the shroud (BBC news online)
The exact history of the Turin shroud, which has gone on display for the first time in 10 years, is hotly disputed.
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Far from the crowds (Financial Times magazine)
In a pretentious moment, one might call Hardy a writer of terroir.
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Betting the farm against Mugabe (BBC news online)
Born and raised in Britain, Ben Freeth has become one of a handful of farmers in Zimbabwe to resist the seizure of his land.
Continue Reading October 21st, 2009
Let’s hear it for the generalist journalist (The Tablet)
It’s a paradox that would bother Lord Reith or William Russell were they alive today.
Continue Reading Add comment October 3rd, 2009
Ladies’ man (BBC news online)
It’s 10 years since the death of Alan Clark – a politician who found distinction in his diary style, if not his career.
Continue Reading Add comment September 9th, 2009