Monthly Archives: July 2013

Articles The history of canned food, a lengthy but fascinating read. Mary Beard examines the extent to which Caligula deserves his bad reputation. A number of Chinese microbloggers are not impressed by the world’s (purported) future tallest building. … and … Continue reading →

Articles: The Archbishop of Canterbury wants to create credit unions that will out-compete payday lenders — but the really interesting part is what happened when Italian monks tried doing the same 500 years ago. “British cathedrals today face mounting challenges … Continue reading →

This week (and hopefully, in future weeks) I’ll be trying something a bit different – I think I can dig up enough links to do this twice a week. So enjoy those below, and stay tuned for a second roundup … Continue reading →

Articles: A lengthy and fascinating interview with the former head of the CIA and NSA. Nadia Popova, Hero of the Soviet Union, a woman who flew 852 combat missions during World War 2, died on 8 July. Here is her … Continue reading →

Articles: This is AWESOME: Seattle’s “Books on Bikes” program will see 11 librarians cycle around, each pulling a trailer of books. Air travel a la Somalia. Youtube’s “studio” in LA, and what it says about Google’s ambitions. Fascinating and a … Continue reading →

This is an inaugural roundup of interesting articles, videos, and links that I’ve seen over the last few weeks. Going forward, I’m going to try to do this every week. You can also follow me on Twitter to see these … Continue reading →