Links

These are from August.

Food:

The Secret Origin of the Salisbury Steak - http://lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/the-secret-origin-of-salisbury-steak.html

Language:

LOVE IN TRANSLATION - Learning about culture, communication, and intimacy in my husband’s native French. - http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/08/lauren-collins-learns-to-love-in-french

Law and Order:

Norway Proves That Treating Prison Inmates As Human Beings Actually Works - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/norway-prison_us_578418b6e4b0e05f05232cb7

Miscellaneous:

Bid to restore 1960s door painting of Cheltenham grocer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-36965895

Fleet Street: Last journalists leave former home of national papers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36882573

Ho Ching: Singapore PM's wife chooses $11 pouch for state visit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36972207

The museum in India that shrinks you - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36961820

Why do people grab their bags after a plane crash? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36977903

'Sky-high' rental hotspots across England revealed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36794222

Cats to the rescue: When felines turn hero - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36987284

Celebrated Brazil plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy dies at 93 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37001270

Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Understanding Transgender Children Debates - https://medium.com/@juliaserano/detransition-desistance-and-disinformation-a-guide-for-understanding-transgender-children-993b7342946e#.m2lq1mvy5

Denis Norden recalls comedy pioneer early years - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36975138

Politics:

Why Don’t We Trust Our Leaders? - https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-voters-distrust-establishment-political-parties-by-ngaire-woods-2016-08?barrier=true

IS IT JUST ME, OR IS THE WORLD GOING CRAZY? - https://markmanson.net/crazy-world

Science:

Why Do People Hate the Sound of Their Own Voices? - http://www.livescience.com/55527-why-people-hate-the-sound-of-their-voice.html

How the DNA Revolution Is Changing Us - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/dna-crispr-gene-editing-science-ethics/

Sport:

Olympics:

Rio Olympics 2016: How Team GB's horses deal with jet lag, leg room & passports - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36898318

Irish Gymnast Kieran Behan Displayed A Truly Astonishing Level Of Bravery At The Olympics Last Night - https://www.balls.ie/olympics/kieran-behan/341967 My friend L and I describe this as admirable stupidity.

Uber driver makes it to Rio to see his son compete thanks to passenger's kindness - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/05/uber-driver-olympics-rio-2016-kindness-crowdfunding?CMP=share_btn_tw

Rio Paralympics 2016: Refugee team set to compete at Games - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/36985795

In pictures: The Olympic venues - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-36953914

Rio 2016: Female gymnast at her seventh Olympic Games - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36968942

Technology:

Meet Moxie Marlinspike, the Anarchist Bringing Encryption to All of Us - https://www.wired.com/2016/07/meet-moxie-marlinspike-anarchist-bringing-encryption-us/

Are smart city transport systems vulnerable to hackers? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36854293

Writing:

The Two Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Writing Forever - https://medium.com/an-idea-for-you/the-two-minutes-it-takes-to-read-this-will-improve-your-writing-forever-82a7d01441d1#.6pjyssg86 I disagree with a couple of these but they may interest you nonetheless.