June 2017
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RBKC: also (with Westminster) killing pedestrians + cyclists: spot the hole in central London's 20mph area -
TfL [PDF]
the UK should definitely get rid of the 1p and 2p coins, and maybe the 5p -
Guardian
ten songs that could have been written for children -
DavidGibb [via OlyShipp]
"Let us for the sake of argument extend the Human Rights Act 1998's application to bears" -
FreeMovement
the UK government doesn't care about Ireland, Scotland, or Gibraltar, why would it care about Hong Kong? -
Guardian
a detailed analysis of the UK proposal for resident EU citizens -
FreeMovement
committing illegal acts of infrastructure -
KALW
"don't buy my kids more toys" - describes our situation perfectly -
ScaryMommy
some children really take to chess -
Guardian
Sainsburys is abandoning Fairtrade -
Guardian
English headteacher has entire year 6 boycott SATs -
SchoolsWeek
were mid-Victorians healthier than Britons are now? -
NIH"The fall in nutritional standards between 1880 and 1900 was so marked that the generations were visibly and progressively shrinking."
leaving public health to local authorities is a really stupid idea -
@BenGoldacre
"the EU remains unclear about what the British want from Brexit" -
Guardianthe British don't know what they want yet either, or rather they want six different incompatible things
a history of Santorini's fantastic Atlantis Books -
VanityFair
obituary for ex-Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo -
Guardian
Theresa May is no Thatcher, let alone a Robespierre -
NYROB
£400,000 of dark Brexit money was channeled through the DUP -
IrishTimes
the privatisation of English water -
LRB [via @lizbatty]
do the latest anti-hepatitis-C drugs actually work? -
Guardian
an arms-race in detecting fraudulent data in clinical trials -
Anaesthesia
Ernest Hemingway, male impersonator? -
NYROB
Trump is really a Russian oligarch -
WP"He has never shown any interest in real policy debates or political ideas, just in whom and what he could buy."
what really happened in Tiananmen Square 28 years ago -
Nation
Japan has a word for "death from overwork" -
BBC
why nagging children never works -
TTL
a new Studio Ghibli theme park! -
LWLies
school spending will fall by 7% under the Conservatives -
Telegraph
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