All she wrote: our obituaries editor reflects on 2021
Economist Podcasts30 Joulu 2021

All she wrote: our obituaries editor reflects on 2021

From Prince Philip to Desmond Tutu, from an anti-racism campaigner and member of the Auschwitz Girls’ Orchestra to a war surgeon focused on civilians to an impoverished Ethiopian whose school for the poor educated 120,000 students: our obituaries editor reflects on the famed and the lesser-known figures who died in 2021.

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Another matter: the Breonna Taylor verdict

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