Links (Part 1)

Back to several parts because of absence last Sunday.

Language:

How brothers became buddies and bros - https://blog.oup.com/2016/04/brothers-buddies-bros-oed-update/

Law and Order:

Should Waney Squier have been struck off over shaken baby syndrome? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37672451

Literature:

Can song lyrics ever be poetry? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37637797

Miscellaneous:

Do footballers need lessons on sexual consent? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37642436

Hollie McNish: The things new mothers aren't always told - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37630561

The Wide, Strange World of Modern Mummification - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-wide-strange-world-of-modern-mummification

'England's darling' and Scotland's saint - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36701131

The Woman Who Survived the Lowest Body Temperature Ever - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-woman-who-survived-the-lowest-body-temperature-ever

Yom Kippur, Donald Trump, and Apologizing Like You Really Mean It - https://medium.com/@jelenawoehr/yom-kippur-donald-trump-and-apologizing-like-you-really-mean-it-75320f3211df From before the last US election

Fussy-eating toddlers 'not the fault of parents' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37642587 Which anyone who knew young me and my poor unfortunate mother could tell you, but it's important that people know.

How can a company repair a damaged reputation? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37630983

My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME -
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/18/oxford-university-punished-me-students-expelled-ill

Music:

Kings of Leon: 'We had to leave our comfort zone' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37654801

How Shakin' Stevens' new album led him to the brother he never knew -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37628772

Politics:

Why do we need new parliamentary boundaries? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37661581

What if only goats voted in the US election? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37645141 From before the last US election

US election: My secret life as a Texan Trump supporter - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37618233 From before the last US election, and not from a Trump supporter, but from someone suffering from an email address typo.

Troubled Families - anatomy of a policy disaster - http://notthetreasuryview.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/troubled-families-anatomy-of-policy.html

Sport:

Golf:

Gary Player on Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and how to stay healthy at 80 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/37685650

Technology:

Jennicam: The first woman to stream her life on the internet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37681006

Links (part 2)

Cartoons:

From Post-it notes to published cartoonist - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37623414

Journalism:

How do we respond to threats after our endorsement? This is how -
http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/2016/10/16/publisher-response-to-threats-after-republic-endorsement-clinton-trump/92058964/ From before the last US election. Could also be filed under, "awesomeness F! yeah!"

Law and Order:

How maths can get you locked up - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37658374

How do we beat youth violence? Switch focus away from punishment -
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/22/youth-violence-epidemic-punishment-knife-crime-public-health-scotland

Miscellaneous:

Will India's tax evasion amnesty scheme curb 'black money'? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37640399

The London Zoo gorilla and six other more successful escapes including Ken Allen the Orangutan -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37652722/the-london-zoo-gorilla-and-six-other-more-successful-escapes-including-ken-allen-the-orangutan

Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37612083

News:

Thai king's death: Who holds power now? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37672088

What should tourists do in Thailand after King Bhumibol's death? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37651953

The desperate children of the Calais Jungle - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654552

'We don't have a future' - Hanjin crews return to uncertain fate - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37604082

In pictures: How a rebel fighter became 'Syria's Banksy' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37523340

Photography:

In pictures: Assignments 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37623447 The British Press Photographers’ Association selects the best news, features and sports photography from the last 12 months.

Politics:

'Cut her mic' moment left me flabbergasted - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37661794 From before the last US election.

Science:

Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) - https://www.outsideonline.com/2112086/obituary-great-barrier-reef-25-million-bc-2016

Sport:

Football:

Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola: Two disciples of Johan Cruyff - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/ronald-koeman-and-pep-guardiola-two-disciples-of-johan-cruyff_sto5907289/story.shtml

Fifa urged to give red card to Israeli settlement clubs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37633012

Rugby union:

Anthony Foley: Munster coach's death an 'outrageous loss' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37672789

Technology:

English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle -
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/12/english-man-spends-11-hours-trying-to-make-cup-of-tea-with-wi-fi-kettle I recognise this kind of stubborn.

A Fic Challenge, a Mini-Series and A Film

From Musesfool, the OPI Nailvarnish Colors as Prompts fest. Full details here - http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/953230.html

(I may be working on a couple already.)

~~~~

One of the weirder Freeview channels was showing the 2003 version of the Lion in Winter. Which was an odd experience. Because I know the film very well. And it's not that it's bad.

Part of the problem is that, to pinch a line from Douglas Adams, very little money has been spared to show no money has been spared, but most of the crowd scenes looked like extras had been told to look like they're having lots of fun.

Nothing wrong with their Henry or Eleanor, though the characters are read very differently. I think there's a conscious decision to underplay the theatricality of the roles, which makes very little sense to me but it does affect the feel of the thing. The other problem is that of the younger people, Rafe Spall as John is by far the strongest actor, and that really skews things because where the film one is just a sulky lump, he's actually cruel to the servants, but he's very good at making you feel sorry for John.

I would have watched the rest of it but a friend called and we went to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

So I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the opening best of all. I entirely understand anyone who complains that parts of it feel like a less fun retread of the Fifth Element, but bits of it stand up on its own. Luc Besson continues to be a magnificent director, he just needs help with his scripts. Like, possibly someone going "people don't speak like that" every now and again. It would be a good start.

I think having slightly stronger actors in the lead roles would help too. Because Clive Owen and whoever played General Okto-Bar did a much better job of coping with the dialogue than Dane DeHaan or Cara Delevigne.

But I happily forgive all of that for the visuals. I am a Cinema du Look girl, and always will be.