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Architecture:

Notes from Holland - http://spacing.ca/national/2016/09/12/notes-from-holland/

Healthcare:

Illnesses associated with lifestyle cost the NHS £11bn - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37451773

The doctor who wants to make his town better - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37338995

Literature:

Seamus Heaney: A fitting home for a much-loved poet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37439655

Miscellaneous:

Making Sense of Modern Pornography - http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/26/making-sense-of-modern-pornography

Redcar steelworks: Health fears over steelworks clean-up - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-37439583

Garbage City: The scavengers making a fortune from other people's rubbish -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37453169

Maria da Penha: The woman who changed Brazil's domestic violence laws - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37429051

One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37429043

Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37411167

Politics:

The race for North Carolina's early votes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37453539 From before the last US election

Can you be politically active if you have young children? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37417174

Science:

Genetically modified mosquitoes could wipe out the world's most deadly viruses. If we let them. -
http://fusion.kinja.com/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-could-wipe-out-the-worl-1793862023 I think this is excessively optimistic on the GMO animals front but interesting nonetheless.

Man v rat: could the long war soon be over? - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/20/man-v-rat-war-could-the-long-war-soon-be-over

Sport:

Arnold Palmer obituary - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37469392

Horse racing:

Frankie Dettori: Jockey recalls 'Magnificent Seven' at Ascot 20 years on - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/37416300

Rugby:

World Rugby’s zero tolerance on head injuries is not just a pipe dream -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/sep/25/world-rugby-head-injuries-sean-ingle Refers to other sports as well.

Ben Ryan: Pacific Islands becoming rugby's 'Wild West', says ex-Fiji sevens coach -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37340730 The man's got a point

Technology:

Is artificial intelligence permanently inscrutable? - http://nautil.us/issue/40/learning/is-artificial-intelligence-permanently-inscrutable

Meeting Cellebrite - Israel's master phone crackers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37441109

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