Do you ever wonder why papers and magazines publish the things they do?
Sometimes it’s to create a good mix – on the page, across the whole publication or over time.
I used to love thinking about the mix.
Anyway, yesterday The Times had a story about a hugely successful Spanish artist who died 100 years ago.
(Joaquin Sorolla, since you ask – on World News, page 33 of the print edition.)
I had never heard of him, and that was more or less the point of the story – 100 years after he died he’s been forgotten.
And… the story also functioned as an excellent way to brighten up a page otherwise concerned with an American court case and controversial new building work in the German government district.
I’m not a Times editor so I don’t know why that particular story was published. But I liked it and I drew this picture of the page.