History in the making

​​When we’re describing Delayed Gratification  to people, we talk about it being non-partisan, reader funded, beautifully designed – and halfway between a current affairs magazine and a history book.

Looking back on big events a few months after they happen gives us an interesting perspective, letting us step outside the day-to-day blur of much news reporting and identify some of the big themes that may be filling textbooks 50 years from now.

Might the history students of 2073 look back at the tail end of 2022 as the time when an epoch-making showdown over silicon chips first kicked into top gear (page 14)? As the last moment the world could have averted a disastrous famine in the Horn of Africa (page 28)? The period when the cracks in Germany’s post-reunification consensus were laid bare by a bizarre coup plot (page 92)? Or perhaps simply as the window in which the much-admired multibillionaire Elon Musk launched a perfume that smells of burnt hair to part-fund a $44 billion company acquisition, take over as CEO and then launch an online poll asking whether he should resign (page 26)?

In supporting this publication you’re helping us to write a contemporary history of the 21st century, capturing everything from the sporting triumphs of the World Cup (page 106) to the view from liberated Kherson (page 058) and a Sex Pistol’s tribute to fashion pioneer Vivienne Westwood (page 118).

Thanks as always for your support. Enjoy the issue!

Rob and Marcus, Editors

Posted on Sunday, May 14th, 2023 - Categories: #49 - Oct-Dec 2022, App Issues.