What is vaccine-derived polio?
The last stumbling block.
(tags: health polio )

Shetland Islands toy with idea of post-Brexit independence
#TakingBackControl!!!
(tags: Scotland brexit ukpolitics eu )

Cutting down the Lords
@chrishanretty: it should be drastically reduced in size. I'd ask, why have it at all?
(tags: houseoflords ukpolitics )

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The Shape Of Emily’s Coffin
Trying to grasp a ghost.
(tags: Death literature bronte )

Why the 27 are taking a hard line on Brexit
@CER_Grant explains lucidly.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

The EU Considers how to React to new UK Timing on Brexit
@chairmanyaffle reports.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

Early Flickerings: E. H. Shepard’s Bevis (1932)
Great example of the illustrator's art.
(tags: literature art children )

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The Curious Case of Dorothy L. Sayers and the Jew who wasn't there
Yes, I'd noticed this too - great analysis.
(tags: literature race )

The Most Paranoid Country in Europe
A brilliant survey of the situation in Macedonia.
(tags: macedonia )

• Tony de Brum: The emerging climate champion
  Go @MinisterTdB - a fantastic guy who I loved working with!
  (tags: climatechange marshallislands )
• The Salty Truth About Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots
  MgSO4!
  (tags: astronomy asteroids )
• Brontë Sisters Power Dolls
  Hooray!
  (tags: literature )
• No vindication here. Only survival.
  @peatworrier on the Alastair ( Read more... )

• Who's an MEP?
  I got 5/10.
  (tags: eu games )
• Portlander Ursula K. Le Guin is Breathing Fire to Save American Literature
  Another brilliant interview.
  (tags: sf )
• New Horizons Discovers Flowing Ices on Pluto
  Awesome!
  (tags: astronomy )
• The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips
  Glad someone did this!
  (tags: maps literature ( Read more... )

• The Book Smugglers The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
  Two reviewers give a harsh judgement.
  (tags: sf race sexandgenderandsexuality )
• Tomb of Doom?
  A *very* small exclave of Turkey in Syria.
  (tags: maps syria turkey )
• Aphra Behn meets The Blues Brothers
  Exactly what it says.
  (tags: literature theatre films )

• Mobile phone chargers to be standardised under EU law
  Hooray!
  (tags: eu )
• If the Prime Minister wants to change the EU, he has to stop making enemies
  ...and also wake up to Germany's real position.
  (tags: eu ukpolitics )
• How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
  Strangely I appear to be from somewhere near the Gulf Coast.
  (tags: usa linguistics )
• When ( Read more... )

• British author Doris Lessing reacts to Nobel win
  "Oh, Christ!"
  (tags: literature death )
• Did McDonald's change their coffee stirrers because they were being used for cocaine?
  Yes.
  (tags: snopes )
• Lee Harvey's Oldest
  1995 interview with June Oswald.
  (tags: jfk )
• Welcome to Dinovember
  I just hope this is for real - seems a little too good to be true.
  ( ( Read more... )

• Lithuanian presidency promises to examine single seat for EU Parliament
  (tags: eu )
• The man behind the great Dickens and Dostoevsky hoax
  Fascinating and a bit sad.
  (tags: hoax literature )