Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
The Shipping Forecast is quite possibly the most British thing ever
More than the sound of Big Ben or The Pips!
The Human Genome Is — Finally!—Complete
Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed a wave of bunions in medieval England
From the great plague to the 1918 flu, history shows that disease outbreaks make inequality worse
Tombstone Tourists: The Growth of Cemetery Tourism
The most recent episode of Under the Influence podcast.
Thanks to this week’s contributors: Anonymous, Brenda Turner, Gail B.., Unknown
A necessary and very insightful article on lessons to be drawn from past pandemics!
John, I thought your item on the Shipping Forecast was going to link to the Weather Forecast, sung by the Mastersingers back in the 1970s.