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Archaeology:

'Big void' identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445 From 2017

Economics:

The island that swapped donkey rides for offshore cash - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41891360

Paradise Papers: The professionals' responsibility - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41902798

Education:

Free courses from Harvard - https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx

Free courses from MIT - https://ocw.mit.edu/search/#cat=engineering&subcat=nuclearengineering&spec=nuclearsystemspolicyandeconomics

Free courses from Yale - https://oyc.yale.edu/courses

Food:

Stinking Rich? Malaysia Aims To Cash In On China's Durian Craze - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/02/728262024/stinking-rich-malaysia-aims-to-cash-in-on-chinas-durian-craze I have no doubt they are delicious, but the smell is literally the smell of a gas leak, which is off-putting if you've ever worked in a lab.

Healthcare:

NHS appeal for black blood donors 'drops straight knowledge' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41898726

History:

In the shadow of Red October - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Red_October

Housing:

The families living in modern day slums - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41776369 From 2017, it has not improved

Law and order:

Stop-and-search: A BBC reporter's own experience - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41849256

Media:

Why George Orwell is returning to the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208 From 2017, about a new statue

Miscellaneous:

The hospital helping heal the Middle East - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41886227

Former 'Teen Vogue' Editor Shares Her Memoir — And Her Manifesto - https://www.npr.org/2019/06/11/731380634/former-teen-vogue-editor-shares-her-memoir-and-her-manifesto

Politics:

Trump Xi: Property man meets career communist - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41882084 - From 2017

Sport:

Cricket:

Ashes: Inside story of England's 5-0 defeat in Australia in 2013-14 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41859201https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41859201

Football:

Andrea Pirlo: The football genius who defied the number crunchers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41903596 If you like the tiny snippet they give you of his autobiography, the whole thing is like that. He (and his ghostwriter, and the translator) writes like he played.

Rugby League:

Micky Higham: Ex-Great Britain hooker retires to take up Leigh off-field role - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41887188 From 2017. In St. Helens at least, he'll always be under-rated because he was only very, very good, and the two hookers either side of him chronologically are 'the player voted the best Saint ever' and 'the only player ever likely to be voted above him'.

Technology:

'Do I Know You?' And Other Spam Phone Calls We Can't Get Rid Of - https://www.npr.org/2019/06/06/727711432/do-i-know-you-and-other-spam-phone-calls-we-can-t-get-rid-of

Archaeology:

Cannon, anchors and skull found during Portsmouth dredging - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40787660

'Significant' Roman silver hoard found in Fife by teenager - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40778533

Education:

Students paying '£1,000 an hour' for tuition - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40790358 From 2017, but highlights something that I mentioned when they were increasing the tuition fees. I was against it all, but was amazing the English/Language/Humanities students were standing for it, because at least biology students normally had ~ 25 contact hours a week and labs.

Miscellaneous:

'Biggest' gathering of bishops to honour Orkney's saint - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-40771046 From 2017

Things not to say to someone who wears a veil - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/3e533c4f-7f35-49a0-a9a0-6e5c92ecfe1d

Why Afghan women are campaigning for their names to be heard - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40791798

Apology to Cardiff priests over stag party mix-up at pub - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40792962 Also from 2017

Politics:

General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40630242 Also, the picture on this article triggered Tumblr's filter, if you want to know how bad it is.

Animals:

Eurasian lynx: Plan to return it to Kielder Forest to be submitted - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40542306 Have a lynx link.

Architecture:

Eritrea capital Asmara makes World Heritage list - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40544406

Art:

Blue-sky thinking: How Yorkshire Sculpture Park broke the mould - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5dRb2phYh5zqddNYzQYhZyP/blue-sky-thinking-how-yorkshire-sculpture-park-broke-the-mould

Education:

10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40511184

Food and drink:

The billionaire trying to make the world's best Pinot Noir - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40496904

Health:

Behind the Headlines - Your guide to the science that makes the news. - https://www.nhs.uk/news/ Because sometimes I get cranky while fact-checking other people’s medical science posts on tumblr, and occasionally in RL, may I humbly recommend the NHS’s website for when relatives declaim that baking soda cures cancer.

Law and order:

The prison monitor sacked after voicing her concerns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39113391

Prison officers 'assaulted on regular basis' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40519755

Miscellaneous:

The love that survived a Chinese labour camp - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40544415

Madagascar: Where France's maritime history sails on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40555125

Music:

The secrets of a hit summer song - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40497669

News:

Gay man wins Supreme Court case on equal pension rights - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40580596

Migrant crisis: 'Hipster right’ group trying to stop rescue ships - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40505337

Politics:

I don't normally post political cartoons, but this one is a cracker - https://rejectingrepublicans.tumblr.com/post/171644272454

Shoppers 'in the dark' about Brexit effect - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40530700

Most characteristic words in pro- and anti-feminist tweets - https://web.archive.org/web/20180928230709/http://www.prooffreader.com/2015/05/most-characteristic-words-in-pro-and.html

Science:

Subatomic science: 10 things we know (and don’t know) about the fabric of the universe - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3TgVv4h7Xd3y89N73XZ5z5p/subatomic-science-10-things-we-know-and-don-t-know-about-the-fabric-of-the-universe

Social media:

Taxonomy of Humans According to Twitter - By generating automated targeted ads, “The Infinite Campaign” exposes the bizarre rubrics Twitter uses to render its users legible. - https://thenewinquiry.com/taxonomy-of-humans-according-to-twitter/

Sport:

Football:

Fan's dying wish leads to Stranraer versus FC Twente game - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40494622

Stop shouting: how Sweden tackled misbehaving parents at kids’ football - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jul/10/shouting-parents-football-sweden-football-code?CMP=fb_a-football_b-gdnfootball

Business:

Has this dress been to more countries than you? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39337204

Clothing:

Leggings and yoga pants: When tight trousers get controversial - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39401960

Education:

High-Achieving, Low-Income Students: Where Elite Colleges Are Falling Short - https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/17/542575305/high-achieving-low-income-students-where-elite-colleges-are-falling-short?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170818

Healthcare:

Nurse Wins Prize For Research On Benefits Of Faster Tuberculosis Testing - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/14/541603601/nurse-wins-prize-for-research-on-benefits-of-faster-tuberculosis-testing

Miscellaneous:

Rio Ferdinand: My kids would not talk about grief - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39392101

Young and pregnant in Sierra Leone - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39179574

The girl who was 'stolen' by a soldier - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38089994

How a jacket and a briefcase shaped a partition love story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39362534

The disturbing YouTube videos that are tricking children - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39381889

Form 696: Concern over 'racist' police form to be raised - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39181672

Guyana's transgender activists fight archaic law - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39292599

What really makes Bear Grylls afraid? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39334917

Crimea: The place that's rather difficult to get into - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39329284

News:

Yemen conflict: How my country has changed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39365164