Links

Archaeology:

Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire are Britain's 'Pompeii' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35280290

Books:

The Soviet Hobbit: Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain - http://mashable.com/2015/12/25/soviet-hobbit/#9siV.ZHSgkqF

Data Visualisation:

Network visualization: mapping Shakespeare’s tragedies - http://www.martingrandjean.ch/network-visualization-shakespeare/

A very useful collected list of online data visualisation tools - http://keshif.me/demo/VisTools

Geography:

World's five longest domestic flights - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3zfygz/worlds_five_longest_domestic_flights_720x360_oc/

Miscellaneous:

Colorsucker ~ image color analyzer - http://colorsucker.azurewebsites.net/ Don't worry, everyone else misread the name too.

Politics:

TEN THINGS 2015 SHOWED US ABOUT DIPLOMACY - https://nakeddiplomat.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/ten-things-2015-showed-us-about-diplomacy/ via nwhyte

Sports:

The Parity Ideal, A comparison of parity between the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL - http://www.theplayerstribune.com/john-urschel-ravens-parity-ideal/

2016 Olympics: Bill Guilfoil, 93, to try out for US table tennis team - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/table-tennis/35265452

Formula 1:

First female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis dies aged 89 - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/first-female-f1-driver-maria-teresa-de-filippis-dies-aged-89_sto5053406/story.shtml#uk-tw-sh