Thursday, 1 December 2011

The top 100 books of all time

"Take a look at a list of the top 100 books of all time, nominated by writers from around the world, from Things Fall Apart to Mrs Dalloway, and from Pride and Prejudice to Don Quixote".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews

Sunday, 6 November 2011

The Ascent of Money

'Bringing context and understanding to the current economic crisis, historian Niall Ferguson tells the story of money and the rise - and spectacular falls - of global finance throughout the ages" (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-ascent-of-money)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ascentofmoney/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY8g_IsI_gY

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Monday, 11 July 2011

The story of a man who’s lost everything

"The story of a man who’s lost everything. Clive Wearing has what Oliver Sacks calls “the most severe case of amnesia ever documented.” Clive’s wife, Deborah Wearing, tells us the story along with Oliver Sacks. And they try to understand why, amidst so much forgetting, Clive remembers two things: Music and Love."

http://www.radiolab.org/2007/jun/07/clive/