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Aug 21, 2016 22:34

As before, I am very late. In fact, until about Christmas, I suspect I will be permanently about a month behind.

Food and Drink:

What Indians have done to world cuisine - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34829747

What is the secret of Burton snatch? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35999637

History:

Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36149839

The 18 sewer men who changed the war - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36685270

Battle of the Somme: When London buses went from red to khaki - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36531984

WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zy98xsg

Somme centenary: Walking the fields scarred by battle - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36677139

How Newfoundland soldiers forged lasting link with Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36641789

Languages:

The World’s Most Efficient Languages - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/06/complex-languages/489389/

Miscellaneous:

A ghoulish tour of medieval punishments - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36641921

Prosopagnosia: How face blindness means I can't recognise my mum - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36651390

The company that pays its staff to sleep - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36641119

Pitmen Painters' art re-imagined by Ashington photographers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-36598063

50 years on: How credit cards changed our relationship with money - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36518248

Steve Prescott: Late rugby star's pioneering surgery saves lives - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-36672863

Guidelines urge improved care for terminally-ill children - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36675485

Syrian refugees missing school in Turkey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36558870

Brian Blessed: My heart specialist says I'm Terminator 4 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36619676

Politics:

Returning to an Ohio town on the decline - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35653619

US election: Trump's emails to British MPs cause uproar - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36599724

Sunderland on Brexit: 'I'm not worried about what's coming' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36654388

EU Referendum: A Guide To The Most F*cked Up Week In UK Political History - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eu-referendum-guide_uk_57768bf6e4b0f7b557953da5?8tlglf961vuhknjyvi

Looking behind the Brexit anger - https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/looking-behind-the-brexit-anger/

Here’s How The Internet Reacted To The Most Ridiculous Morning British Politics Has Ever Seen - https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/and-i-heard-as-it-were-the-noise-of-thunder?utm_term=.oxwmXegE0#.qkvPQgJ3y

Science:

'Civil war' in immune system can fight disease - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36662305

Amazon fires: Humans make rainforest more flammable - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36656443

Inside Britain's secret weapons research facility - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36606510

Sport:

Football:

Don't blame Hodgson, don't blame the players: England's problem is culture of fear and failure - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/euro-2016/2016/don-t-blame-hodgson-don-t-blame-the-players-england-s-problem-is-culture-of-fear-and-failure_sto5667300/story.shtml

Tennis:

Wimbledon 2016: Ivan Lendl on Andy Murray, laughter - and losing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36647179

Technology:

New research considers 'growing' drones - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36694899

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