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July 31, 2009
Raider of the lost archive
...already burgeoning archive. . . . The origins of the current Sayer Archive go back more than 30 years...had become fascinated by a mystery described in The Guinness Book of Records as the “world’s greatest robbery”. Just before the... By Andrew Roberts
January 1, 2010
Outside Edge: An era that sets records in absurdity
...intellectual and moral vacuousness of the era. The “Demented Decade” would be more apt. I offer...Christmas present. Some weeks ago she asked for the The Guinness Book of Records, even though that name has not been in use since... By Matthew Engel
November 28, 2009
Books of the year
...George Pendle The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 By Christopher Andrew Allen Lane...granted complete access to MI5’s records to write this monumental book that charts 100 years of subterfuge. His scrutiny of the British secret service is fascinating...out the Kaiser’s spies to uncovering al-Qaeda plots to the rise of women... Introduction by Rosie Blau
May 8, 2009
Wall Street veteran who rebuilt Kidder Peabody after the crash
...Gordon’s soul. His wife of 50 years, the former Mary Rousmaniere, died in 1980...ambition, he once confessed, was to get into the Guinness Book of Records for walking into town from the most airports in the world. By Jurek Martin
March 28, 2009
Novelty and nourishment
...nourishment. Located on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus Gate is officially the world's largest restaurant. As measured by Guinness Book of Records standards, which specify conditions such as distance between tables and the ability to cater for a full house... By Anna Fifield
March 28, 2009
Syria’s gargantuan restaurant
...nourishment. Located on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus Gate is officially the world’s largest restaurant. As measured by Guinness Book of Records standards, which specify conditions such as distance between tables and the ability to cater for a full house... By Anna Fifield
July 24, 2007
The best and worst of times
...the first states ever to have a local population of less than 1 per cent. A state with zero percent...unprecedented in history and will make a new entry in the Guinness book of records. The demographic figures alone are frightening and raise... By Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
January 21, 2010
Statement: Hillary Clinton on internet freedom
...working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already...who incite others to violence, such as the agents of al-Qaida who are, at this moment, using the internet to promote the mass murder of... By Hillary Clinton
December 1, 2009
The Short View
...yesterday. The Dubai situation is worrying, of course. Although it was no shock that...with an eye on notching up entries in the Guinness Book of World Records - such as tallest skyscraper - the timing of the problem came as a surprise... By Aline van Duyn
February 13, 2009
Chinese-American cloner who bred Amy the cow
...help treat deadly diseases. In 1998, he helped Japanese scientists produce the first male clones from a breeding bull, listed by the Guinness Book of Records at the time as the largest ever. Back in Connecticut, on June 10 1999 he oversaw... By Phil Davison