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The hat, the leg and the footnotes
28 January 1990 • 2,602 words • Reportage & Criticism
What I f-find,” says the neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, “is that as soon as I—ah—open my m-mouth, I no longer believe what I am… more»
The apes and us
1993 • 1,760 words • Reportage & Criticism
Since the end of the seventeenth century, when the first chimpanzee was shipped from Africa, apes have served to define the limits of the human… more»
Darwin and the social order
29 September 1991 • 1,662 words • Reportage & Criticism
Of revolutionary thinkers Charles Darwin was not only one of the very greatest, but surely also the most lovable. A dunce at school, too squeamish… more»
Where the eagle flies
20 July 1998 • 1,043 words • City of Words
In my home town there’s a monument to a man who tried to fly. It was in 1739, according to the marker in St Mary’s… more»
In memoriam: the typewriter
August 1995 • 1,325 words • City of Words
In July 1995—a month ago—the final carriage return sounded for America’s last typewriter manufacturer. So long Smith-Corona. Now you can’t buy a US-made typewriter anywhere.… more»
I am a camcorder
17 August 1998 • 836 words • City of Words
I’d be shocked, as I’m sure you would be, if the holiday video footage that one of us took of the Changing of the Guard… more»
Four hundred arguments for the elimination of television
31 August 1998 • 1,203 words • City of Words
In the 1970s an American culture critic with the unlikely but engaging name… more»
Beetlemania
20 April 1998 • 1,008 words • City of Words
You can’t drive my car. I’m sorry, I don’t own one. It’s not a question of principle. I won’t turn down a ride in your… more»
Chevrolets of old Havana
January 1996 • 1,064 words • City of Words
The contrabandista is dressed in white, a string of votive beads beneath his shirt, leaning against the glinting tail-fin of a massive mauve-and-ivory ’55 Chevrolet… more»
Moths on the verandah, danger on the highway
30 June 1995 • 894 words • City of Words
The swallows on the verandah, Hirundo abyssinica, are building a nest like a… more»
