Architecture:In pictures: The Art of Building 2016 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38301001Language:English Pronunciation -
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/ Obviously this is a joke, but I can. But probably not to the satisfaction of those wrong-headed people who think RP (or modern RP which sounds nothing like actual RP) is the only "correct" English pronunciation.Law and order:All new police officers in England and Wales to have degrees -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38319283 Oh this is going to end badly, because there's already not enough police, the ones that are there aren't paid enough and why any grad would want to go into that ... Actually, that's a point, I think policing is one of the few industries where I know nobody.Miscellaneous:Top tips for arranged marriage: '80 emails and no flirting' -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38306794How many famous female hairdressers can you name? -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38267758MURDERERS AND METHS DRINKERS: A STRANGE, GRIM TOUR OF ‘THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS’ -
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/murderers_and_meths_drinkers_a_strange_grim_tour_of_the_london_nobody_knowsHOW INK MASTER BECAME AN UNEXPECTED LESSON IN FEMINIST STRATEGY -
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/ink-master-feminist-amplification/?mbid=social_twitterMarieke Vervoort: Paralympian who has signed euthanasia papers -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/38306504Blind in the Arctic: A survivor's guide to living in Nunavut -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38132001Faux fur or real - do you know what you're wearing? -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38302019 The problem is real fur being sold as fake fur.GONE TOO SOON - Game Over, Man: ‘Aliens’ Cast Remembers the ‘Irreplaceable’ Bill Paxton on Alien Day -
http://www.thedailybeast.com/game-over-man-aliens-cast-remembers-the-irreplaceable-bill-paxton-on-alien-dayNews:Srebrenica survivors on Aleppo 'No lessons learned' -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38303222Politics:10 Crucial Decisions That Reshaped America - Nothing about the most dramatic campaign in memory was a foregone conclusion. The inside story of the pivotal choices that got us to President Trump. -
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/2016-presidential-election-10-moments-trump-clinton-214508Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S. -
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524536237/maines-immigrants-boost-workforce-of-whitest-oldest-state-in-u-sA hard Brexit is the last thing Japan wants -
https://www.ceps.eu/publications/hard-brexit-last-thing-japan-wantsThe End of the Anglo-American Order -
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/magazine/the-end-of-the-anglo-american-order.html?_r=1How to win a referendum -
http://www.politico.eu/article/how-to-win-a-referendum-brexit-inside-story-vote-leave-campaign/ Even if you didn't vote in the EU referendum, or couldn't vote in it, this is very interesting.Science:World's hottest borehole nearly complete -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38296251A Possible Break in One of Evolution's Biggest Mysteries -
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/whale-passport/509756/New spider species resembles Harry Potter 'Sorting Hat' -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38325099Tetrapod Triumph! Solving Mystery Of First Land Vertebrates -
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2016/12/05/tetrapod-triumph-solving-mystery-of-first-land-vertebratesSport:Olympia Horse Show 2016: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro prepare to bow out -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/38306494Boxing:Jerome Wilson: Coma boxer 'feared something bad might happen' -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38248752 I feel I should add that he's out of the coma and doing relatively fine.Football:Johan Cruyff remembered by Bob Wilson -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/11/johan-cruyff-remembered-bob-wilson-football-obituaryFormula 1:'Here's my CV!' Drivers - and Lukas Podolski - joke with Mercedes over vacancy -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/here-s-my-cv-drivers-and-lukas-podolski-joke-with-mercedes-over-vacancy_sto5975524/story.shtml ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
