Danny's Pathologically Polymathic: July 2017

there are probably 1,500 students staying on illegally each year in then UK, not 100,000 - Independent

a big ask for Oxford cycling: high-quality cycle paths along Botley Rd - Oxford Blog

Australian and English school governance compared - Oxford Blog

a nice introduction to secure attachment in children - Developmental Science

virus genomes interact with the geometry of their capsids - Quanta

queueing theory applied to gendered toilet allocation - PeopleQueue

"The best way to remove the queue at the ladies' room is to remove the ladies' room altogether"

the Danes conquered England in 1016 - A Short History of the Danish Conquest

Eurex and the LSE bicker over euro clearing - Bloomberg

the future of car lithium-ion battery recycling - SustMatTech

How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation - Outwitting History [my review]

where are the bulldozers constructing customs infrastructure at Dover? - Guardian

50-55 year-olds who cycle to work are 40% less likely to die in the next 5 years - BMJ

"Commuting by cycling was associated with a lower risk of all cause mortality and adverse CVD and cancer outcomes, in a dose dependent manner and independent of a range of confounding factors"

the joy of English demonyms - AtlasObscura

mainstream women's magazines get political - Quartz

"Teen Vogue publishes stronger, more adversarial Trump coverage than Time or Newsweek?"

35% of risk factors for dementia are potentially modifiable - Lancet

Khaltmaa Battulga's journey from ger (not yurt!) to presidency - Politico

the real Lake District heritage has been socially as well as environmentally repressed - ABitOfClass

English police and prosecutors failing to disclose potential evidence - @BarristerSecret

"funding" schools by defunding school sport and building maintainance - Guardian

Greek mythology for children - OxfordBlog

Ramsey's Theorem and the finite-infinite divide - Quanta

bringing Engels back to Manchester - Guardian

have fewer children, sell your car, make fewer long flights, and eat less meat - Guardian

the dangerous sand flats of Essex's Broomway - BBC

Australia gets a month-long Studio Ghibli showcase - Broadsheet

there are no good solutions for the Northern Ireland border - Economist

four short novels for children - Otfried Preussler [my review]

a potted history of the UK-EU relationship - @EmporersNewC

we need to worry about climate change tail risks, not just the most likely outcomes - NYmag [via Nadia]

the Grenfell inquire and the war on "red tape" - Guardian

a history of the Uffington White Horse - Smithsonian

dealing with your child's anger - AhaParenting

how distortion, ridicule and fear got us into Brexit - @eurosluggard

the UK cannot leave the EU and stay in the Customs Union - InstituteForGovernment

Sadiq Khan has abandoned any real attempt to improve London cycling - Guardian

ad hoc use of EFTA court possible solution for UK pharmaceutical law post-Brexit? - @GeorgePeretzQC

exiting the London Fisheries Convention: more counter-productive bluster - Politics

we can say goodbye to a chunk of the UK's pharmaceutical industry - EMA [via @faisalislam]

John Le Carre on learning German - Guardian

in defense of the high-rise - Jacobin

"It is odd, if we want a deep and special relationship with the EU, not to have proposed one" - Guardian