World Affairs: Global Issues
In global issues
Franco's win at Eurovision...
- By Jonathan Rice
- 07 May
How La La La pipped Congratulations to first place at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest. But was General Franco involved in thwarting Cliff Richard?
Political will is a renewable resource
- By Mark Lynas
- 01 May
Germany has 200 times more solar power installed than the UK - and this is not because Germany gets any more sun
Children of destruction
- By Michael Glover
- 24 April
Mat Collishaw, inspired by the Beslan siege, examines our attitude to images of violence
Children of the revolution
- By Ryan Gilbey
- 24 April
A minimalist animation sheds light on the muddle of modern Iran
Persepolis (12A)
dirs: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Balzac in Cairo
- By Hugh Miles
- 24 April
Naguib Mahfouz: Egypt's Nobel Laureate
Rasheed El-Enany Haus Publishing, 176pp, £9.99
Feature
Lights! Camera! Fiction!
A hundred years ago the job of screenwriter didn't exist in the early film business; today the script is the keystone of all movie production. The Hollywood screenwriter and director Chris Weitz reviews a history of the trade
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