Links

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Films:

Marvel Avenged: From financial ruin to the biggest film franchise in history - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32379661 Which like all articles of its type completely under-estimates the effect that Blade had on the whole thing. Why do they always forget Blade or just give it a by-mention?

History:

Searching for the truth about my mother - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32478411 Duong Thi Xuan Quy became North Vietnam's first female war correspondent, but - and it's a familiar story in a country where three million died - she never came home.

The Armenian rugs that tell two stories - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32396459

Language:

What Australian slang has given the world - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150427-pervs-greenies-and-ratbags

Miscellaneous:

Giving everyone in the world an address - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32444811

The heist: What I've learned about the Hatton Garden raid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32431557 Which is interesting for all the right reasons. Has anyone seen Danny Ocean recently?

The horrors of the sea - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32433547 Juan Medina has been following migrants trying to reach Europe for two decades - the Reuters photographer won a World Press award for this image taken in 2004. As the number of deaths at sea rises, he talks about his images.

Experience: I am Big Bird - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/24/experience-i-am-big-bird-sesame-street via nwhyte

Music:

Smashed Hits: Louie Louie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32520921

20 Things You Might Not Know About 'Seven Nation Army' - http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-seven-nation-army

Politics:

Election 2015: How feasible would it be to introduce online voting? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32421086

Council sued over polling station access - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32414123

Election 2015: England's peculiar polling stations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32229745

How election maps reveal the strange politics of geography - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/23/general-election-2015-maps This article even occasionally contains Scotland and Northern Ireland maps.

Science:

The birth of the weather forecast - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32483678

What Are the Odds of Finding a Drug (And How Do You Stand Them?) - http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2015/04/24/what_are_the_odds_of_finding_a_drug_and_how_do_you_stand_them.php#comments

Sport:

Boxing:

Mayweather-Pacquiao: Ricky Hatton says Floyd will win fight - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32477346 In which Ricky Hatton turns out to have prophetic powers, or he knows his boxing ;)

Cricket:

Who is England's best-ever bowler in Test cricket? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32105879 Well it is an answer :) Basically it depends on whether or not you weigh batters wickets more than the wickets of all-rounders and bowlers.

Football:

Kasper Schmeichel: Goalkeepers need special mentality - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32441079

Comments

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Great links! I had no idea that "selfie" was an Australian word, though it does make sense...