“Beethoven is said, however, to have torn out the title page in protest when Napoleon crowned himself emperor, and retitled it the Eroica, dedicating it ‘to the memory of a great man’ – with the emphasis on memory.” — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“Ludwig van Beethoven had originally called his third symphony The Bonaparte.” — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“The one economic medicine so bitter that no minister in the seventies had thought of trying it was duly uncorked and poured into the… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“They then named one day after the Moon and another after the Sun, giving them a seven-day week. Seven was regarded as a perfect… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“Gutenberg had died after inventing Europe’s first real printing press. The Chinese and Koreans had long used wood-block printing, and even ceramic printing.” — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“For Reuter, it was the last act of the Great War and something which reduced, if it did not remove, the shame of defeat… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
Clearly the human story is one of acceleration. There has been a Moore curve in terms of the number of people alive on the… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“My dream is that by returning to our not-so-distant history, I might remind readers why, with all its faults, this is a lucky place… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
In the end, does it really matter if newspapers physically disappear? Probably not: the world is always changing. But does it matter if organisations… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
Verbally, I'm quite fast on my feet. I could embarrass or anger most people if I wanted to. — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who don't… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“all those roads and ports, spread these belief systems faster. Some seem to have mingled ancient beliefs with Buddhist and Hindu thinking – the… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“Philip had warned the Spartans that if he brought his armies successfully into their territory he would destroy their cities and kill all their… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
