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Review: 'Fifty Inventions' Falls Short of Its Ambitions – The New York …
New York Times Tim Harford's Undercover Economist persona has been dissecting the economics of everyday life for over a decade. His efforts, initially through a column that … Tim Harford's bite-sized "Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern … |
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Review: 'Fifty Inventions' Falls Short of Its Ambitions
New York Times The subtle name change from podcast to book — “Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy (Riverhead: 2017)” — reflects an emphasis on humility. Mr. Harford repeatedly emphasizes that he is not trying “to identify the 50 most economically … |
Pregnancy is a bloody business as writer-director Alice Lowe stars as an expectant mother urged into a killing spree by her unborn baby ‘Teetering between laughter and threat’: Alice Lowe as a murderous mother-to-be in her film Prevenge. Photograph …
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As detectives know all too well, witnesses can recall the same event very differently. Adding thorny family dynamics to the mix complicates matters further. David, for instance, remembers not-so-fond times with his mom, Dottie: “She gave me a beating …
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Vardimon’s choreography is superbly performed and complemented by artful stage illusions, but this family show’s over-moralising tone slows down the story Hands-on facial features … Maria Doulgeri (Pinocchio), centre, and Aoi Nakamura (Blue Fairy) in …
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This thorough life of the late novelist isn’t true to the spirit of its iconoclastic subject ‘Intellectual wildness colours every line she ever wrote’: Angela Carter photographed at home circa 1981. Photograph: Jane Bown for the Observer It’s hard …
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