Links

Archaeology:

UK's oldest hand-written document 'at Roman London dig' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36415563

Computing:

Battleship - http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/december32011/

Data visualisation:

How every #GameOfThrones episode has been discussed on Twitter - https://blog.twitter.com/2016/game-of-thrones-viz

Text Mining South Park - http://kaylinwalker.com/text-mining-south-park/

Text Mining 50 Years of Pop Music - http://kaylinwalker.com/50-years-of-pop-music/

History:

England in 1966: Racism and ignorance in the Midlands - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36388761

Revealed: The Bush-Major conversations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36216768

Law and Order:

Waiting in Line for the Illusion of Security - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/upshot/waiting-in-line-for-the-illusion-of-security.html?_r=2

A Brady SOS from Louisiana to the U.S. Supreme Court - http://www.prosecutorialaccountability.com/2016/06/01/la-a-brady-sos-from-louisiana-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/

Uncovering Big Bias with Big Data - https://lawyerist.com/110584/big-bias-big-data/ If you read only one of these links, this is the one I'd recommend

Miscellaneous:

The unlikely sanitary pad missionary - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34925238

The invention that stops girls missing school every month - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36398973

How Guy the gorilla became the star of London Zoo - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35705174

Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36423250

Swiss Gotthard rail tunnel - an engineering triumph - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36416506

The Real Housewives of Jane Austen - http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/05/the-real-housewives-of-jane-austen/484748/?utm_source=atltw I don't necessarily agree with the article, but it is interesting.

Politics:
I've fallen behind so some of these are pre-referendum

Yingluck Shinawatra steps back into Thailand's political arena - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36422838

US election: Understanding media addiction to Donald Trump - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/36429660

Sport:

Football:

Euro 2016 - 24 things you didn't know about the teams - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36140761

What would the perfect European Championship look like? - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/what-would-the-perfect-european-championship-look-like-13117/#uk-tw-po

If It Happened Today: Gazza, Euro ’96 and the dentist’s chair - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/if-it-happened-today-gazza-euro-96-and-the-dentists-chair-12661/

There we were, now here we are: Euro 96 and its legacy - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/euro-2016/2016/there-we-were-now-here-we-are-euro-96-and-its-legacy_sto5630112/story.shtml

Football League: Why would you buy a lower-league club? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36266364

A World Cup for unrecognised states - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36429207

Formula 1:

When I met Bruce McLaren - http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/heritage/when-i-met-bruce-mclaren-2444444/