On July 14, 1918 in a Swedish town called Uppsala a man was born to create over 50 movies and direct several dozens of plays that raised the ante in art to an almost inaccessible level. Even today while watching his film created as much as half a century ago you realize that there is nothing they’ve lost – it’s more like they’ve gained.

July 14, 1795, 6 years after the Storming of the Bastilles, the French officially approved revolutionary Marseillaise in the capacity of the state’s anthem. To this occasion, OUTLOOK suggests you take a plunge not only into notes and words but also into unusual stories of state “hits” creation.

Round-the-world trip on a motor bike of a famous actor Evan McGregor that he undertook together with his friend a couple of years ago is still fresh in our memories. But one thing is a Hollywood star and merely the fact of two adult men on the road – and a completely different situation is when a fragile woman is riding all by herself. Outlook tells about an incredibly brave Ukrainian Anna Grechishkina who is crossing the planet on her iron horse as we speak to put into practice I Have a Dream project.

When another advanced gadget or new technology miracle enters the market, many of us count our savings anxiously - enough for purchase? In this pursuit of present and future, we quickly forget how it used to be, and what the cost of, for example, the first TV set was.