Links

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History:

WW1: The letter that reveals a brutal day at Scapa Flow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33152438

The Battle of Waterloo: The day that decided Europe's fate - http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zwtf34j

A Guide to the The Bayeux Tapestry - http://www.medievalists.net/2009/06/11/the-bayeux-tapestry/

Miscellaneous:

Boy Who Lost Stuffed Tiger At Airport Finds Tiger Stayed Very Busy - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/17/415198926/boy-who-lost-stuffed-tiger-at-airport-finds-tiger-stayed-very-busy?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150617

The Somalis who mark Ramadan - in a synagogue - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/17/the-somalis-who-mark-ramadan-in-a-synagogue

Nine fluttery facts about butterflies -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/40msXJH487hslFy1wSDBpyf/nine-fluttery-facts-about-butterflies?intc_type=promo&intc_location=news&intc_campaign=naturalhistoriesbutterflies&intc_linkname=radiofour_fac_article1

Crisis, conflict... and coffee: The extraordinary photographs of Steve McCurry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4wrjTJTWTXdLrgcTZDSK8xS/crisis-conflict-and-coffee-the-extraordinary-photographs-of-steve-mccurry

Museum of History to exclude Winnipeg General Strike exhibit - http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/22/museum-of-history-to-dismantle-winnipeg-general-strike-exhibit.html

Posing Questions of Photographic Ethics - http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/posing-questions-of-photographic-ethics/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog+Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&smid=nytimesphoto&_r=1

Sport:

Boxing:

Ajmal Faizy: Taliban victim, refugee and British boxer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/33151043

Cycling:

Mark Cavendish on sprinting: 'It's not like playing chess' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/33222937

Rugby League:

Paul Wellens: St Helens legend retires aged 35 with hip injury - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/33230993 And there was wailing, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, because legend is over-used, but not here and for him, and he's a home-town boy and he's ours and he's played for us for 17 years and then we're back to the wailing.

Theatre:

When Less Plot is More Play: Love’s Labour’s Lost vs. Pericles Prince of Tyre - http://www.tor.com/2015/06/17/when-less-plot-is-more-play-loves-labours-lost-vs-pericles-prince-of-tyre/ via nwhyte and one of the most interesting things I've ever read on the topic of theatre.