Martin Kettle & Dorothy Wedderburn | Guardian | 1 October 2012 "Arguably Britain's most respected historian of any kind, recognised if not endorsed on the right as well as the left. Unlike some others, Hobsbawm achieved this wider recognition without in any major way revolting against Marxism" Comments Brad Plumer | Washington Post | 28 September 2012 Massive multiplayer online games have economies so big and complex that they need full-time economists to run them. Eve Online has eight. Valve has hired a top eurozone analyst to organise a monetary union across its various games Comments Fouad Ajami | Newsweek | 1 October 2012 On US-Muslim Brotherhood relations. Egypt is too big to fail. But its Islamist rulers know they must live in real world: Maintain peace, quietly, with Israel; work for practical, not purely religious, goals; get US/IMF money Comments Paul Slade | Planet Slade | 28 September 2012 Do you remember "Masquerade" and its buried golden hare? Here's the full story of how a brilliant publisher and an eccentric artist set in motion a treasure hunt that sold a million books and captivated collectors around the world Comments Steven Poole | Guardian | 27 September 2012 Rambling but enjoyable diatribe against foodism. "Western civilisation is eating itself stupid. We are living in the Age of Food. Food becomes not only spiritual nourishment but art, sex, ecology, history, fashion and ethics" Comments Joe Posnanski | Sports On Earth | 1 October 2012 On the last day of an astonishing Ryder Cup. As stirring a comeback as you'll see in sport. And a fine tribute to Seve Ballesteros, the late, great totem for the European team Comments | 
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