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redfiona99 ([personal profile] redfiona99) wrote2020-03-22 11:34 am

Links

Fandom:

Thor: Ragnarok fight scene but Holding Out For A Hero is playing-https://deadcrushing.tumblr.com/post/171842048979/thor-ragnarok-fight-scene-but-holding-out-for-a Exactly what it says on the tin. Because sometimes fandom is silly and awesome.

Food and drink:

How a footballer became Africa's first Cognac maker - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40587894

Knitting:

The Costume Designer From "Black Panther" Blessed Us With A Pattern - https://www.buzzfeed.com/clairedelouraille/black-panther-costume-designer-released-shawl-pattern

Miscellaneous:

Liu Xiaobo: The man China couldn't erase - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40585327

Janet Commins: How police caught her killer after 41 years - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40568522

News:

Grenfell Tower: A shadow over the capital - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40592626

Grenfell planner’s shock at burnt remains - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40571856

Women In Pakistan Dared To March — And Didn't Care What Men Thought - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/15/593549219/women-in-pakistan-dared-to-march-and-didnt-care-what-men-thought

Canadian Civil Rights Pioneer Will Appear On Country's $10 Bill - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/13/593086064/civil-rights-pioneer-will-appear-on-canadas-10-bill

Religion:

Pakistan’s secret atheists - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40580196

Sport:

Athletics:

World Para-athletics: Richard Whitehead - marathon man turned 40-year-old sprint star - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/40574441

Cycling:

Tour de France 2017 - Tom Simpson: The British cyclist who pushed the sport too far - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2017/tour-de-france-2017-tom-simpson-the-british-cyclist-who-pushed-the-sport-too-far_sto6251996/story.shtml