Perhaps as a consequence, British historians are less likely than their French or German counterparts to assume that European unity is necessarily synonymous with peace and cultural progress.

ECONOMIST: European unity

Less satisfying is his account of California's cultural progress in the 19th and 20th centuries: does he really need to invoke so many long-forgotten writers to accompany such names as Jack London, Frank Norris, Mark Twain or Raymond Chandler?

ECONOMIST: California

Research into Ameru cultural traditional instruments is in progress.

UNESCO: Patrimoine culturel immat��riel

The 24 members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage will meet to take stock of the progress made by States Parties on the legal, regulatory or other measures taken to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in their countries.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

In the Lords (from 2.30pm) it's quite a heavy legislating day - but first, there's an eclectic selection of questions to ministers, with peers asking about cultural diversity in the media and creative industries, progress in discontinuing funding for the Republic of Ireland's aids to navigation, discussions with energy providers about recent price increases and the shortage of midwives.

BBC: Week ahead

Much of the progress made by Europe since the Middle Ages is the direct result of cultural exchange.

ECONOMIST: Global or local?

The progress made by specific countries in implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

UNESCO: CYPRUS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO - 8th Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage

But Mr Carr has passionately defended every stage of the trumpeter's progress, believing that his over-riding responsibility was to his hearers and to the new cultural awareness he was trying to work into his music.

ECONOMIST: Jazz books