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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a celebration of words and word-people: authors, editors, publishers, linguists, lexicographers, philologists, obsessives, pedants. Its author, Sarah Ogilvie, was formerly an Oxford English Dictionary editor and wrote the 2013 book Words of the World: A Global History…

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Many of our economic and even social interactions are competitive. We use markets to find jobs, but also dates. What does this mean for our morals? Does capitalism give us the American dream, or American Psycho? Does the experience of competition keep us honest, or drive us towards cheating?

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. 

Chetham's Library is right on our doorstep and offers a fascinating step back in time

Karl Marx did not die for this.

Russia has returned to its pre-20th century role, tension between Greece and Turkey is heightened and the revolutions of 1848 feel less distant

Voice of the People is all about rousing the rabble.

The Industrial Relations Commission's registrar alleges the ANF's WA branch breached its orders 3,590 times, which the union says could see it fined more than $27 million.