It's been a tumultuous year, with uprisings across the Arab world, an earthquake in Japan and the deaths of figures as diverse as Osama Bin Laden, Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse. So what can we make of it, asks author Tim Footman.
As 2011 staggers to a close, it does feel somehow more momentous than an ordinary year. Regimes have crumbled, despots and demagogues were toppled, cities blazed and capitalism itself started looking a bit rough.
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