Links

Actors:

Sir Michael Caine's elixir of Youth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35399302

Art:

10 Cartoon Characters Drawn in the Style of Each Other - http://twistedsifter.com/2016/01/10-cartoon-characters-drawn-in-the-style-of-each-other/

Data visualisation:

Rail Usage in the UK from 1997 - 2015 - http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/maps/rail-usage.html

History:

Posters from when Switzerland had it's referendum on whether women ought to be allowed to vote - http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/affiches-d-un-autre-%C3%A2ge/29348330

The Full History of Board Games - https://medium.com/swlh/the-full-history-of-board-games-5e622811ce89#.lwwfd9uzv

Miscellaneous:

Extreme poverty: Can it become a thing of the past? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35370021

The children who need to play - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35374134

England's unclaimed dead and the people trying to give them a name - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34737343

Music:

6 songs that make people cry and the reasons why - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/eeb14969-237e-4632-a4a7-15a13bf012cc Obviously doesn't include the only song guaranteed to make me cry, which is 'Rare Old Times' by the Dubliners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7OaDDR7i8

News:

6 Quick Ways to Spot Fake News - http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/21/6-quick-ways-spot-fake-news/

Businesses Fighting Back: Texas Gun Lovers Start to Think Open Carry Isn’t a Great Idea - http://trofire.com/2016/01/14/businesses-fighting-back-texas-gun-lovers-start-to-think-open-carry-isnt-a-great-idea/

'Bedroom tax': Government loses Court of Appeal cases - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35418488

Science:

The imminent death of the Cavendish banana and why it affects us all - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35131751

Space:

New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4380

Sport:

Richard Dunwoody among concussion project volunteers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/35364444 The story is about a jockey but the whole head injury thing obviously applies to many sports.

Street football to Chariots of Fire: Olympic coach Tom McNab - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35339451

Cycling:

Blazin' Saddles: Borrowed bike and shoes save Tyler Farrar's bacon Down Under - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/blazin-saddles-borrowed-bike-and-shoes-save-farrar-s-bacon-down-under_sto5074664/story.shtml The whole story is brilliant.

Football:

Deal could see Chinese influx in Portuguese league rebrand - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35415217 This could get interesting.

Tennis:

From the kid who stunned Agassi to the national hero: Hewitt goes down swinging in Melbourne - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/2016/refile-newsmaker-tennis-street-fighter-hewitt-goes-down-swinging-in-melbourne_sto5074509/story.shtml I'm still not okay with the idea of being old enough for Lleyton Hewitt to retire.

Technology:

The internet - not an equaliser - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35323122

Needed - facts about broadband - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35399030

China's social media search for stolen children - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35383319