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Economics:

Where are all the women in economics? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41571333

History:

YIVO ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF 170,000 LOST JEWISH DOCUMENTS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED DURING THE HOLOCAUST - https://vilnacollections.yivo.org/Discovery-Press-Release

Why did Vikings have 'Allah' embroidered into funeral clothes? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41567391 I do think there may be a certain overstating of results in the traditional university press release sense

Benjamin Franklin's Son Died of Smallpox. His Notes on Vaccines Matter Now More Than Ever - https://www.mic.com/articles/109892/benjamin-franklin-s-son-died-of-smallpox-his-notes-on-vaccines-matter-now-more-than-ever?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social Article from 2015. Truth, eternal

'Extraordinary' 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/10/extraordinary-500-year-old-library-catalogue-reveals-books-lost-to-time-libro-de-los-epitomes

Miscellaneous:

The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn't stopped - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41533411

About 10,000 people die each year because bystanders do not know how to do CPR if they see someone in cardiac arrest, the British Heart Foundation says. One woman says she owes her life to people who acted quickly when she collapsed. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41569398 Actually interesting article about how to learn CPR, if we ignore the melodramatic tendencies of the BBC headline subeditors

Cheating death and drawing identity: Twenty years of art at Bethlem Hospital - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-41109442

Why is it so difficult to count dead people? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41038987

Why is Friday 13th considered bad luck? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41012571

Apprenticeships: 'It's the money that puts people off' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41599034

Photography:

In pictures: Association of Photographers Awards 2017 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41567582

Politics:

The thoughts of Chairman Xi - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Thoughts_Chairman_Xi Article from 2017

Sport:
Football:

Two posts from the build up to the first round of the 2017 FA Cup

FA Cup: TV commentator Martin Tyler eyeing first round with Hampton & Richmond - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41530544

FA Cup: Truro City aim to become first Cornish team in round one since 1969 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41580484

Truro were successful, beating Hampton & Richmond

Also from 2017

Hertha Berlin players 'take a knee' before match against Schalke - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41623019 Hertha tend to be good eggs

Rugby League:

Chester Butler: 'No-one believed my grandad was Colin Dixon' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41592230

Rugby Union:

The story of rugby's injury crisis from the players, a coach and a doctor - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41544641
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