Events Database

37 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Sep 22, 12Non-fiction roundup - reviews
Sep 16, 12Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos – review
Sep 15, 12Spell It Out by David Crystal – review
Sep 11, 12Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos - review
Aug 31, 12Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling by David Crystal – review
Apr 10, 12The magic of Encyclopedia Britannica's 11th edition
Apr 5, 12Encyclopedia Britannica's final print edition on verge of selling out
Mar 16, 12Printed encyclopedias were once a rare source of knowledge. But no more
Mar 14, 12Encyclopedia Britannica in the age of Wikipedia
Mar 14, 12Encyclopedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years
Feb 28, 12Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw – review
Feb 26, 12Some vulgarities are well worth a butcher's
Jan 31, 12Whoopensocker dictionary of American dialect completed after 50 years
Jan 5, 12'Amazing' tops annual vote for words that should be banned
Nov 15, 11A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire – review
Nov 1, 11A Dictionary of British Place Names by AD Mills – review
Oct 28, 11We cannot stand on the European sidelines
Jun 7, 11Mesopotamian dictionary completed after 90 years' work
Jun 4, 11Et cetera: non-fiction roundup
Mar 12, 11Invented Knowledge by Ronald H Fritze – review
Mar 5, 11A World by Itself: A History of the British Isles, edited by Jonathan Clark – review
Mar 1, 11The indefinable charm of satirical dictionaries
Feb 13, 11The Language Wars by Henry Hitchings – review
Feb 12, 11The Language Wars by Henry Hitchings - review
Feb 11, 11The Guardian rosetta: the Datablog reference guide to nearly everything
Dec 18, 10Green's Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green and Guardian Style by David Marsh & Amelia Hodsdon – review
Dec 18, 10Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky and Infinite City by Rebecca Solnit – review
Nov 13, 10Steven Poole's non-fiction choice – reviews
Nov 13, 10Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes, by Albert Jack – review
Sep 27, 10Portrait of the Gulf Stream: In Praise of Currents by Erik Orsenna, translated by Moishe Black
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