diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/list.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/list.html
index 1a4929228..13899c70f 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/list.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/list.html
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     {% endif %}
     <col width="12%" />
     <col width="12%" />
+    <col width="12%" />
     <col width="10%" />
     <thead>
         {% if moving or choosing %}
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
                 {% if show_parent %}
                     <th class="parent">{% trans 'Parent' %}</th>
                 {% endif %}
+                <th class="updated">{% trans 'Updated' %}</th>
                 <th class="type">{% trans 'Type' %}</th>
                 <th class="status">{% trans 'Status' %}</th>
                 <th></th>
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
                         </ul>
                     {% endif %}
                 </td>
+                <td class="updated" valign="bottom"><div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ parent_page.latest_revision_created_at|date:"d M Y H:i" }}">{{ parent_page.latest_revision_created_at|timesince }}</div></td>
                 <td class="type" valign="bottom">{{ parent_page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}</td>
                 <td class="status" valign="bottom">
                     {% if not choosing and not moving and parent_page.live and not parent_page.is_root and 'view_live' not in hide_actions|default:'' %}
@@ -129,8 +132,17 @@
                     {% endif %}
                 </th>
                 {% if show_parent %}
-                    <th class="parent">Parent</th>
+                <th class="parent">{% trans 'Parent' %}</th>
                 {% endif %}
+                 <th class="updated">
+                    {% if sortable %}
+                        <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_explore' parent_page.id %}?ordering={% if ordering == "latest_revision_created_at" %}-{% endif %}latest_revision_created_at" class="icon icon-arrow-{% if ordering == "-latest_revision_created_at" %}up-after{% else %}down-after{% endif %} {% if ordering == "latest_revision_created_at" or ordering == "-latest_revision_created_at" %}teal {% endif %}">
+                            {% trans 'Updated' %}
+                        </a>
+                    {% else %}
+                        {% trans 'Updated' %}
+                    {% endif %}                   
+                </th>
                 <th class="type">
                     {% if sortable %}
                         <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_explore' parent_page.id %}?ordering={% if ordering == "content_type" %}-{% endif %}content_type" class="icon icon-arrow-{% if ordering == "-content_type" %}up-after{% else %}down-after{% endif %} {% if ordering == "content_type" or ordering == "-content_type" %}teal {% endif %}">
@@ -230,6 +242,7 @@
                             </td>
                         {% endwith %}
                     {% endif %}
+                    <td class="updated" valign="top"><div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ page.latest_revision_created_at|date:"d M Y H:i" }}">{{ page.latest_revision_created_at|timesince }}</div></td>
                     <td class="type" valign="top">{{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}</td>
                     <td class="status" valign="top">
                         {% if not choosing and not moving and page.live and 'view_live' not in hide_actions|default:'' %}
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
index 9fd1c7186..d0f7f7d29 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.http import is_safe_url
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET, require_POST
 from django.views.decorators.vary import vary_on_headers
+from django.db.models import Count
 
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.edit_handlers import TabbedInterface, ObjectList
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.forms import SearchForm, CopyForm
@@ -38,13 +39,16 @@ def index(request, parent_page_id=None):
     pages = parent_page.get_children().prefetch_related('content_type')
 
     # Get page ordering
-    ordering = request.GET.get('ordering', 'title')
-    if ordering not in ['title', '-title', 'content_type', '-content_type', 'live', '-live', 'ord']:
-        ordering = 'title'
+    ordering = request.GET.get('ordering', '-latest_revision_created_at')
+    if ordering not in ['title', '-title', 'content_type', '-content_type', 'live', '-live', 'latest_revision_created_at', '-latest_revision_created_at', 'ord']:
+        ordering = '-latest_revision_created_at'
 
     # Pagination
     if ordering != 'ord':
-        pages = pages.order_by(ordering)
+        ordering_no_minus = ordering
+        if ordering_no_minus.startswith('-'):
+            ordering_no_minus = ordering[1:]
+        pages = pages.order_by(ordering).annotate(null_position=Count(ordering_no_minus)).order_by('-null_position', ordering)
 
         p = request.GET.get('p', 1)
         paginator = Paginator(pages, 50)