‘The Falconer’, c.1880, by
Hans Makart
Martin Gayford — p43
Jane Ridley is amazed that
David Cannadine has
found a new way to view
19th-centur y Britain
Harry Ritchie hails an
unlikely hero: homo erectus
taught us how to speak
Thomas W. Hodgkinson
says that Alfred the Great
saved our island from a
savage horde, much as
Churchill did
Rory Sutherland admires
the success of the iPhone –
but worries about the
downsides
Daisy Dunn learns that the
Scythians attached the
remains of their enemies to
their horses
Laura Gascoigne is dazzled
by the illustrations of a
dodgy German biologist
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