Tom Horan | Observer | 5 August 2012 "On the surface it is baffling: The tiny island with the mighty reach." No bigger than Qatar, Gambia, or Lebanon. No more populous than Armenia or Kuwait. But this is a country that specialises in superstars. What's its secret? Comments Jonathan Shainin | New Yorker | 3 August 2012 India suffers world's biggest blackout as national grid goes down. Twenty years ago most Indian households didn't even have mains power. India's modernisation is real enough, but the political management of it is a shambles Comments Chris Vogel | Boston Magazine | 1 August 2012 Disturbing story of a teacher attracted to young boys, his adopted son, and a murder. "I thought about the Persians and Greeks who believed sex with boys was not only acceptable but a necessary part of their development" Comments David Randall | WSJ | 3 August 2012 Thomas Edison may have been a brilliant man but he has a lot to answer for. Artificial light has changed the way we live, and work. We don't want to go back to the way things were before but we are tired. And it is not good for us Comments Sam Leith | Guardian | 3 August 2012 On the amazing life of Christine Granville, "dissolute Polish aristocrat and a Jewish banking heiress" who spied for Britain in WW2. Infiltrated Poland on skis. Parachuted into France. Stabbed by seaman in South Kensington Comments Griffin Gotta | Classical | 1 August 2012 Account of a visit to an American hog wrestling contest in northern Wisconsin. The aim of the game is simple: Pick up the pig and place it on a podium. As fast as possible. Just don't touch its ears, or its tail Comments | 
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