Memory


Ministry of Truth: do you remember when Obama and Ahmadinejad shook hands?

Slate conduct an interesting experiment, doctoring photos to change historical political events and then seeing how readers’ memories measure up. Orwell’s 1984 suddenly seems a little closer to home.

Childhood memories published for all to see

How will the increase in confessional ‘bad’ mum and dad memoirs affect their children in future years? What does it say about the parents?

Meanwhile, at The New York Times: layoffs

To the staff…