Comments on: A week-long diary by The Economist's obituaries editor

A week-long diary by The Economist's obituaries editor

Kattullus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:34:37 -0800

I don't know what other people's first thoughts may be on Monday mornings; but mine, as the jabber of my husband's radio crawls into my dreams, is "Has anyone died today?" So began a week-long diary by The Economist's obituaries editor, Ann Wroe, which she completed today.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:36:57 -0800

Ann Wroe recently published a biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the UK called Being Shelley which comes out in the US in late August.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:49:38 -0800

This is why I love the Economist whilst hating the the Economist.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:14:04 -0800

There was a nice bit on the 'on our website' page in one of the recent print editions. In a story talking about the new audio version it said you could either listen to the whole magazine in one chunk, or by story, so you could skip right to the obituary, 'as we suspect most of our readers do.' I may not always agree with their politics, but I love my Economist subscription.

By: briank

briank — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:12:35 -0800

Great link, thanks.

By: Huw

Huw — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:26:46 -0800

That's excellent. Thanks, Kattullus.

By: hurdy gurdy girl

hurdy gurdy girl — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:28:19 -0800

I enjoyed that--thanks for the link.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:36:12 -0800

God, Ann Wroe's writing is so incredibly, fantastically good that it makes me want to get famous and then kill myself so she will write an obituary about me. She's easily better than 95% of currently fashionable highbrow novelists.

By: Arch1

Arch1 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:03:55 -0800

It takes me at least ten hours to read the Economist each week, and I read the obituary as dessert. Great post.

By: bluefly

bluefly — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:10:26 -0800

The New York Times put out a book of their obituaries as well; I think it was called "The Last Word." They also had a recent Q&A with their obits writers. I had no idea those sections of newspapers were so popular. I've never been one to read obituaries, but after looking at this link, I think I might start.