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Economics:

Cheap oil is taking shipping routes back to the 1800s - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160303-cheap-oil-is-taking-shipping-routes-back-to-the-1800s?ocid=fbfut

Films:

London Has Fallen reviewed by Mark Kermode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xctC_q7ZvKU Treat yourselves and watch this. It caused me to giggle for 3 minutes straight.

History:

The Daily Life of a Medieval King - http://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/13/the-daily-life-of-a-medieval-king/

Miscellaneous:

Auschwitz survivor is world's oldest man - Guinness World Records - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35787569

What a difference 400 years makes: the London skyline 1616 v 2016 – interactive - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/03/london-skyline-1616-2016-interactive-faders-visscher?CMP=share_btn_tw

So when is International Men's Day? Richard Herring knows - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35753559/so-when-is-international-mens-day Headline is godawful but basically, every International Women's Day Richard Herring replies to tweets complaining that there's no International Men's Day by saying what day it is. It's awesome.

New spider discovered in Australia is named Brian - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35764249?ocid=socialflow_twitter

The mystery over the @ sign - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35744456

Pacers: The train that the UK has struggled to get rid of -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35725299

Museum of Lost Objects:

Museum of Lost Objects: The Armenian church in Deir al-Zour - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35757576

Museum of Lost Objects: The unacceptable poet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35745962

Museum of Lost Objects: The Genie of Nimrud - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35755273

Museum of Lost Objects: Mar Elian Monastery - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35725220

Music:

New Order, olden style: A unique take on Blue Monday - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/qnLLpZgBW92dSrV2mmGyCb/new-order-olden-style-a-unique-take-on-blue-monday?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=arts&intc_campaign=arts&intc_linkname=vidclip_new_contentcard4

Politics:

DON'T PANIC! Here's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the EU - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dont-panic-heres-hitchhikers-guide-7538496

An Extremely Detailed Guide to What the Heck Might Happen at a GOP Contested Convention - http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/10/a_contested_republican_convention_explained.html

Science:

Snake walk: The physics of slithering - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35563941

Sport:

Cricket:

The Maasai women hitting gender inequality for six - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lwzjx

Football:

Edwin van der Sar steps out of retirement to help old club VV Noordwijk - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/10/edwin-van-der-sar-vv-noordwijk?CMP=fb_a-sport_b-gdnsport

Manchester United icon Edwin van der Sar comes out of retirement, immediately saves penalty - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/manchester-united-icon-edwin-van-7544514

It's one of the few acceptable reasons to unretire if you're a footballer. And then there's the 'what if they've not still got it' thing, but of course Edwin's still got it.

Riyad Mahrez: Leicester forward's journey to top of Premier League - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35688719

Annie Zaidi: Football coach faced racism, sexism & Islamophobia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35731494

Formula 1:

2016 Testing Stats - http://f1statblog.co.uk/2016/03/2016-testing-stats/

Rugby Union:

Six Nations 2016: England, Wales and the pride of Pontypool - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35786702

Technology:

Quietly, symbolically, US control of the internet was just ended - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/14/icann-internet-control-domain-names-iana

Television:

How The Tube changed the TV landscape - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-35534864