Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and The Two Strings is thoroughly worth watching. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fall in love with a child, a monkey, a beetle and an origami figure.

Links

Still late. And rather large. I'd particularly recommend 'Eric the Durham Weed Man' and the Archery article.

Archaeology:

'Britain's Pompeii' was 'Bronze Age new build' site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36778820

Dig to uncover rare undisturbed Bronze Age burial - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36756107

Mary Rose warship: Full view revealed after museum revamp - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36802829

Culture:

How India's female storytellers fought to be heard - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36648490

How the Spice effect still packs punch - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36714177

Economics:

Can Topology Prevent Another Financial Crash? New regulations are applying network science to restructure global finance. - http://nautil.us/issue/37/currents/can-topology-prevent-another-financial-crash

Is the US economic recovery stuck in a rut? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36231675

History:

Did a London hotel room become part of Yugoslavia? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36569675

Credit card sexism: The woman who couldn't buy a moped - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36662872

The World War One soldiers who came back from the dead - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36725501

The dark history behind India and the UK's favourite drink - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36781368

Browse Nearly 1,000 Photo Postcards of Late-19th-Century Stage Productions of Shakespeare - http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2016/06/08/a_database_of_1_000_photo_postcards_shows_how_shakespeare_was_produced_in.html

Law and Order:

Eric, the Durham Weed Man - https://storify.com/morphorod/discussion-from-twitterrific-578ab669fcedc5fc34e4d9b3 I have to admit one of the reasons I was so desperate to catch up with my links posts was to share this.

I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing - http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8661977/race-police-officer

Miscellaneous:

Rescuing America's roadside giants - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36534695

The Surprising History of the Infographic - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/surprising-history-infographic-180959563/?no-ist

Mount Rushmore at 75: How did it come to be? - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160704-mount-rushmore-at-75-how-did-it-come-to-be

Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful - https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d#.fgeqcznij

The street food that silences even the most heated debate - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36722029

Creating a buzz: Using bees to pull people out of poverty - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36702997

Treating alcoholics - with wine - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36717557

Original Bramley apple tree in Southwell is dying - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36826038

The threats and abuse outspoken Pakistani women receive - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36824514

Are young South Africans ignoring Aids message? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36795484

Who you gonna call? The real-life ghost hunters - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36764264

Music:

BBC Proms: Cellist Gabetta on first-night spotlight - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36785088 Cellists represent.

News:

Attack on Nice: How Nice sought to tackle jihad - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36827245

Politics:

A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle? - http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/07/a-cold-war-mystery-why-did-jimmy-carter-save-the-space-shuttle/

How will history judge David Cameron? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36775103

The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb - https://medium.com/@SeanBlanda/the-other-side-is-not-dumb-2670c1294063#.1cw5pch4e

UK scientists speak about Brexit pain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36835566

Iran nuclear talks: The tempers and tweets which led to a deal - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36773199

Science:

The Mercury 13: Women with the 'right stuff' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36824898

Sport:

Arrow Heads - Living in archery - http://harpers.org/archive/2016/08/arrow-heads/1/ The article is about the US archery team, but a lot of it goes more to the heart of what it is and what is needed to be world class at the sports that don't attract as much publicity or money.

Rio Olympics 2016: Jessica Ennis-Hill & Toni Minichiello - a coach's story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36802313

Life after fighting - https://rosisexton.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/life-after-fighting/

Athletics:

Meet the Mustachioed, Beer-Drinking “Hero” Who Crashed the Trials 10K - http://www.runnersworld.com/olympic-trials/meet-the-mustachioed-beer-drinking-hero-who-crashed-the-trials-10k

Cricket:

Guyana's blind cricketers are in it to win it - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36734108

Cycling:

How a French village gears up for the Tour – photo essay - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2016/jul/19/how-french-village-bedoin-mont-ventoux-gears-up-for-tour-de-france-photo-essay?CMP=share_btn_tw

Football:

Can't pay? Have a season ticket anyway, say Bundesliga side Darmstadt - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/bundesliga/2015-2016/can-t-pay-have-a-season-ticket-anyway-say-bundesliga-side-darmstadt_sto5690861/story.shtml

How Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36763036

It's rare that I post a direct link to a tweet but this video footage of Alex Ferguson after the Euro 2016 final has to be seen. Not sure what's more adorable, Pepe stopping to say hi, SAF making sure to stop and hug Nani or Cristiano Ronaldo's reaction - https://twitter.com/JamieRfootball/status/752399151149744128

Formula 1:

British Grand Prix 1976: How a condom manufacturer forced F1 off TV - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35748458

Tennis:

Wimbledon 2016: Photo diary - From towels to strawberries, courts to Champagne - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36731458

Technology:

The tech helping Sir Ben's 'flying' boat go even faster - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36824256

How the internet was invented - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/15/how-the-internet-was-invented-1976-arpa-kahn-cerf

THE L.E.D. QUANDARY: WHY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS “BUILT TO LAST” - http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-l-e-d-quandary-why-theres-no-such-thing-as-built-to-last

How our voices could unlock the connected world - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36762962