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redfiona99Data Visualisation:
Our 47 Weirdest Charts From 2015 - http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/our-47-weirdest-charts-from-2015/
Comparative Perspectives -
Heights of Mountains, Lengths of Rivers - http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/river-deep-mountain-high.html Data viz from 1823. I actually saw a few very similar pictures/diagrams when I was at the National Art Museum in Mexico.
Films:
Rescuing all of Matt Damon's characters would cost a whopping $900 billion - http://hellogiggles.com/matt-damon-characters-billions/ I'm not sure I can entirely follow the workings here, but yes, Matt Damon does get stranded a lot.
Languages:
The Word for "War" in Different European Languages - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3ynf8j/the_word_for_war_in_different_european_languages/
Miscellaneous:
Why Africans in the UK pay so much to send relatives' bodies home - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35177401
Sweet success: Unravelling the Jelly Baby's dark past - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35100612
Searching for Vadim Kozin, the Soviet tango king - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35170830
Christmas card addressed to 'England' reaches right person - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-35174646 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. And apparently not idiot customers either.
I was Gordon the Gopher - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/af8e9ff0-f106-4c83-8504-f43e71c8f87d
Most kangaroos are 'left-handed' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33169547
Tom Cruise to Nasa: 'It's three clicks to oblivion' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11614671/tom-cruise-nasa-website-design.html
100 things we didn't know last year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35132976
The Missing 11th of the Month - http://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/
London churches and their partnerships with professions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35102677
2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/good-news-in-2015/421200/
News:
How the internet misled you in 2015 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35051618
Photography:
Tom Jenkins’ best sports photos of 2015 - http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/31/tom-jenkins-best-sports-photos-of-2015
The 20 photographs of the year - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/dec/26/the-20-photographs-of-the-year
The best images of 2015 by Press Association photographers - BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35091200
How I Work With Compositional Lines in Photos - http://petapixel.com/2015/12/21/how-i-work-with-compositional-lines-in-photos/
Politics:
Why opinion pollsters failed to predict overall majority for David Cameron - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/31/uk-2015-general-election-opinion-polling-systematic-bias Basically, they could use the polling companies's efforts as a how-not-to-do-it or a 'spot all the errors' for high school stats students.
Is political impressionism doomed? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35110830
For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/economy/for-the-wealthiest-private-tax-system-saves-them-billions.html?_r=0
America’s Empty Embassies - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/opinion/americas-empty-embassies.html?_r=0
Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed” - http://www.salon.com/2015/12/27/behind_the_ronald_reagan_myth_no_one_had_ever_entered_the_white_house_so_grossly_ill_informed_2/
Science:
Gonorrhoea 'could become untreatable' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35153794
Scientists confirm that the Paleo diet is nonsense - http://qz.com/479123/scientists-confirm-that-the-paleo-diet-is-nonsense/ This does not surprise me.
Paid to spend two months in bed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35160562
Sport:
Football:
Stoke's Jack Butland gives £5,000 to GB Women's deaf fooball team - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/35206128 Good on you Jack!
Leicester hand out free beer to fans before Manchester City game - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/leicester-hand-out-free-beer-to-fans-before-manchester-city-game-9445/ Don't worry, non-alcoholic alternatives were available.
The East German team that refused to die - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35169108
Our 47 Weirdest Charts From 2015 - http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/our-47-weirdest-charts-from-2015/
Comparative Perspectives -
Heights of Mountains, Lengths of Rivers - http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/river-deep-mountain-high.html Data viz from 1823. I actually saw a few very similar pictures/diagrams when I was at the National Art Museum in Mexico.
Films:
Rescuing all of Matt Damon's characters would cost a whopping $900 billion - http://hellogiggles.com/matt-damon-characters-billions/ I'm not sure I can entirely follow the workings here, but yes, Matt Damon does get stranded a lot.
Languages:
The Word for "War" in Different European Languages - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3ynf8j/the_word_for_war_in_different_european_languages/
Miscellaneous:
Why Africans in the UK pay so much to send relatives' bodies home - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35177401
Sweet success: Unravelling the Jelly Baby's dark past - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35100612
Searching for Vadim Kozin, the Soviet tango king - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35170830
Christmas card addressed to 'England' reaches right person - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-35174646 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. And apparently not idiot customers either.
I was Gordon the Gopher - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/af8e9ff0-f106-4c83-8504-f43e71c8f87d
Most kangaroos are 'left-handed' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33169547
Tom Cruise to Nasa: 'It's three clicks to oblivion' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11614671/tom-cruise-nasa-website-design.html
100 things we didn't know last year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35132976
The Missing 11th of the Month - http://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/
London churches and their partnerships with professions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35102677
2015: The Best Year in History for the Average Human Being - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/good-news-in-2015/421200/
News:
How the internet misled you in 2015 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35051618
Photography:
Tom Jenkins’ best sports photos of 2015 - http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/31/tom-jenkins-best-sports-photos-of-2015
The 20 photographs of the year - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/dec/26/the-20-photographs-of-the-year
The best images of 2015 by Press Association photographers - BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35091200
How I Work With Compositional Lines in Photos - http://petapixel.com/2015/12/21/how-i-work-with-compositional-lines-in-photos/
Politics:
Why opinion pollsters failed to predict overall majority for David Cameron - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/31/uk-2015-general-election-opinion-polling-systematic-bias Basically, they could use the polling companies's efforts as a how-not-to-do-it or a 'spot all the errors' for high school stats students.
Is political impressionism doomed? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35110830
For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/economy/for-the-wealthiest-private-tax-system-saves-them-billions.html?_r=0
America’s Empty Embassies - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/opinion/americas-empty-embassies.html?_r=0
Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed” - http://www.salon.com/2015/12/27/behind_the_ronald_reagan_myth_no_one_had_ever_entered_the_white_house_so_grossly_ill_informed_2/
Science:
Gonorrhoea 'could become untreatable' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35153794
Scientists confirm that the Paleo diet is nonsense - http://qz.com/479123/scientists-confirm-that-the-paleo-diet-is-nonsense/ This does not surprise me.
Paid to spend two months in bed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35160562
Sport:
Football:
Stoke's Jack Butland gives £5,000 to GB Women's deaf fooball team - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/35206128 Good on you Jack!
Leicester hand out free beer to fans before Manchester City game - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/leicester-hand-out-free-beer-to-fans-before-manchester-city-game-9445/ Don't worry, non-alcoholic alternatives were available.
The East German team that refused to die - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35169108
