John Lanchester | London Review Of Books | 28 March 2012 Fine essay examines our modern capitalist society through the lens of Marx. "If you look at a large picture of the world, much of what he predicted has come true." But there are some key areas where his thinking went awry Comments Alec Russell | FT | 23 March 2012 A harrowing return. "To a casual visitor, Visegrad looks like any other sleepy town in the southern Balkans. But the past here is unforgiven, unforgotten, unresolved. The town is as it was at the end of the war" Comments Ian McEwan | Guardian | 23 March 2012 Wonderful consideration of "the expression, common to both the arts and science, of the somewhat grand, somewhat ignoble, all too human pursuit of originality in the face of total dependence on the achievements of others" Comments Lauren Collins | New Yorker | 26 March 2012 Compelling profile of the Daily Mail, Britain's most powerful newspaper. Closest US equivalent, Fox News. Run, with a furious energy, by Paul Dacre, whose editorial meetings are known as the Vagina Monologues. For reasons made clear Comments Simon Winchester | Lapham's Quarterly | 22 March 2012 Fascinating story of the Dictionary of American Regional English. In 1965 volunteers were sent out to thousands of towns, villages and hamlets across the US to record local dialects. Almost 50 years later the book is complete Comments Jason Fagone | Wired | 20 March 2012 "Erwin started typing. He posted his answer in a series of comments. Within an hour, he was an online celebrity. Within three hours, a film producer had reached out to him. Within two weeks, he was offered a deal to write a movie" Comments Juliane Koepcke | BBC | 24 March 2012 Juliane Koepcke was flying over Peru when lightning struck her plane. It broke apart in mid-air and she was catapulted into the outside, plummeting two miles down, still strapped into her seat. She awoke in the rainforest below Comments John Seabrook | New Yorker | 22 March 2012 How a pop song gets written. Production team comes up with chord changes, instrumentation, beat. "Top line" composer brought in to add a vocal track with melody, catchy hooks. Then a demo goes out to the intended artist Comments | 
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