Links

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Film Industry:

Exploring the casting couch culture of LA - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41614221

Miscellaneous:

Five charts about the fortunes of the Chinese family - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41424041

The fateful life of history's most famous female spy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828

I Listened to Every Country’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly….(so you didn’t have to) - https://medium.com/@joydibenedetto/i-listened-to-every-countrys-speech-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly-so-9d624af16f5

There was one particularly depressing weekend in 2017

Sean Hughes: Comedian, actor and writer dies aged 51 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41632761

Kevin Cadle: Basketball coach and NFL TV presenter dies at 62 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/41633903

Music:

Mick Fleetwood on the early days of Fleetwood Mac and why he's a terrible drummer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41597857

Photography:

In pictures: British Press Photographer Awards - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41608761

Sport:
Cricket:
Jonny Bairstow on his dad, Cape Town, Geoffrey Boycott and Jonny Wilkinson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41523011

American cricket gets ready for take-off - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41590142

Football:

Inter Milan v AC Milan: The decline of two of European football's superpowers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558125 From 2017, but still mostly true

Motorbikes:

TUNNEL VISION: HOW SHAKEY BYRNE WAS BUILT FOR BIKES - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/british-superbikes/tunnel-vision-how-shakey-byrne-was-built-for-bikes_sto6111602/story.shtml

Technology:

How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465

Can we teach robots ethics? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41504285