History:

Beveridge Report: How has the UK changed in the past 75 years? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42182013

Miscellaneous:'My dad was controlling but I didn't think he could kill my mother and sister' - ( Read more... )

Dinosaurs (and related reptiles)

Fossilised eggs shed light on reign of pterosaurs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42177532 Before someone points out pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs ;)

Food and drink:Nigeria's love affair with a Norwegian fish - < ( Read more... )

History:

What if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had lived in 1914? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-eu-29991018 Article is from 2014. I find myself disagreeing with chunks of the interviewed experts.Artist Jeremy Deller helps Newcastle recreate Martin Luther King speech - Read more... )

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 - Read more... )

Why yes, for the first time in ages, there is a part 2

Health:

Beware potential signs of pancreatic cancer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41817061

History:Who stole Burma’s royal ruby? - Read more... )

Actors:

Kathy Burke: ‘Lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes’ - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/29/kathy-burke-interview-lifelong-member-of-the-non-pretty-working-classes To ( Read more... )

History:

A love story hidden in a hat - https://erikkwakkel.tumblr.com/post/55554381477/a-love-story-hidden-in-a-hat-you-are-looking-at-a

and two related postsHidden Treasure, or How Destruction Creates Beautiful Things ( Read more... )

History:

JFK assassination: Questions that won't go away - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41741216 From 2017

Law and order:'My ex told everyone I had HIV' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk- ( Read more... )

Food:

World Tripe Day: Can we fall in love with tripe again? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41734108 From 2017, but the recession might do it.

History:The man keeping the world's lighthouses shining - Read more... )

Food and drink:

The winemaker who battles temperatures as low as -25C - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41167977

History:Christian Cole: Oxford University's first black student - ( Read more... )