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The article explores the way American poet Ezra Pound acknowledged half-watt lighting technology in his 1920 poem "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley." Topics discussed include the poetics and terminologies presented by Pound, the recorded use of half-watt lamps in the U.S. and Great Britain in the mid-1910s, and the interest of Pound in photography which involves the use of similar lighting.

The first issue of Lighting Research and Technology was published in 1969. This is the first issue of the 50th volume. This paper summarises the origins and development of the journal as well as describing how both the nature and sources of papers have changed over the years. The challenges facing the journal are described and the objectives for the future are specified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report on a conference on the history of urban lighting, convened in Erkner, Germany, from June 20-21, 2013. Topics of discussion included lighting and light pollution in literature, nightlife in 19th-century Istanbul, Turkey, and economic aspects of street lighting in cities.

The author reflects on the history and the future of the journal "Lighting Research and Technology". He discusses the opportunity being offered by the journal to authors to adopt forward thinking, the inclusion of energy conservation in the research themes in the journal since 1969 and the development of lighting design.