Links (part 1)

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Actors:

James Nesbitt: Hair transplants helped me get better roles - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38956876

Business:

Self-employment 'reduces tax take' as firms avoid responsibilities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38963653

No CEO: The Swedish company where nobody is in charge - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928528 It sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Disability Works: Breaking down barriers in business - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38962050

Data visualisation:

Introduction to ggraph: Edges - https://www.data-imaginist.com/2017/ggraph-introduction-edges/

Geography:

Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39000936

Literature:
Bram Stoker's Ever-Evolving List of Characters for Dracula -
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/04/23/bram_stoker_s_dracula_how_dracula_van_helsing_and_other_characters_came.html

Media:

How to Find Out If a “Local” Newspaper Site Is Fake (Using a New-ish Google Feature) -
https://hapgood.us/2017/07/03/how-to-find-out-if-a-local-newspaper-site-is-fake-using-a-new-ish-google-feature/

Miscellaneous:

How crafts workers are learning to sell their work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928869

Here's What TfL Learned From Tracking Your Phone On the Tube - http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/02/heres-what-tfl-learned-from-tracking-your-phone-on-the-tube/

The angry red panda that is Japan's new working woman - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38606355

Illuminating facts about the UK's art collection - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38340015

You're never alone at the Museum of Broken Relationships - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38960969

Why I Love (And Question) Independence Day - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/03/535060572/why-i-love-and-question-independence-day?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170703

4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump - https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb I was never a 4chan-er, but friends were. From what they've said, bits of this don’t quite ring true. Then again it’s very right about the 4chan-ers that did escape the basement.

Plastic 'nurdles' found littering UK beaches - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39001011

Politics:

13 things you didn’t know about Brexit - https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-negotiation-issues-worrying-the-european-parliament/ From last Friday

Science:

Essential metals for crystallographers: copper, gallium and a lot of gold -
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/icamblog/essential-metals-for-crystallographers-copper-gallium-and-a-lot-of-gold/

Sport:

Formula 1:

Claire Williams: Budget cap would suit us - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/claire-williams-budget-cap-would-suit-us_sto6058277/story.shtml#uk-tw-sh

Technology:

Can your smartphone make you a safer driver? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38954975