AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatar1 day agoAmnon Weinstein turned grief into music againverified_publisherThe EconomistAs he grew up, Amnon Weinstein wondered where his extended family was. Where were his grandfather and grandmother, his uncles and aunts? In reply his …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarFrans de Waal taught the world that animals had emotionsverified_publisherThe EconomistThe young male chimps at Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem were fighting again. They were running round their island, teeth bared, screaming. Two in particular …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarToriyama Akira was probably Japan’s greatest manga masterverified_publisherThe EconomistHe had lost it again. It must have slipped down somewhere, between his papers and the low table he liked to work at. He was so careless with his …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarIris Apfel became a fashion icon in her ninth decadeverified_publisherThe EconomistHer hair was grey, turning steadily to white. So what? Whether in a bob, a bouffant or a pompadour, she liked it that way. Carl, her lovely husband, …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarIris Apfel became a fashion icon in her eighth decadeverified_publisherThe EconomistHer hair was grey, turning steadily to white. So what? Whether in a bob, a bouffant or a pompadour, she liked it that way. Carl, her lovely husband, …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarRobert Badinter persuaded France to abolish the guillotineverified_publisherThe EconomistWhat clothes do you wear to be killed in? What clothes do you wear to witness someone die? This was what was worrying Robert Badinter as he dressed …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarAlexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravityverified_publisherThe EconomistHE WAS JUST an ordinary fellow. Nothing remarkable about him. He was Everyman, every Russian; one of the hundreds of thousands whose voices were …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarAlexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravityverified_publisherThe EconomistHE WAS JUST an ordinary fellow. Nothing remarkable about him. He was Everyman, every Russian; one of the hundreds of thousands whose voices were …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarJack Jennings was probably the last surviving Allied POW to build the Burma Railwayverified_publisherThe EconomistEven as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarJack Jennings was one of the Allied POWs who built the Burma Railwayverified_publisherThe EconomistEven as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarRosemary Smith set out to prove that women drivers could do as well as menverified_publisherThe EconomistAs she battled through her first Monte Carlo rally in 1962, Rosemary Smith learned later, a man was closely observing her. For fully two hours he …
AvatarThe EconomistAvatarAvatarPeter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach were sides of the same coinverified_publisherThe EconomistHIS OWN musical career looked fairly good on paper. He had more than 100 serious works to his name. The National Symphony, the Minnesota Opera and …