Events Database

23 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
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
Sep 25, 10Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing by Peter Silverton
Sep 20, 10Hockey moms and bromance pimp dictionary's definitions
Sep 4, 10The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution by Timothy Taylor
Sep 4, 10Duel at Dawn by Amir Alexander
May 29, 10The Making of the British Landscape by Francis Pryor
Feb 12, 10The linguistic peacock-tails of love
Jan 25, 10'Oral sex' definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools