Ai Weiwei back in London

 Here is a man who is trying to change the world for the better: not through violence, or a political party or international business interests - but through art.

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/ai-weiwei
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34258880

The secret story of Scrabble

Obama and the British Royal Family play it, and its fans are some of the world’s most devoted. So why did the word game almost fail to take off? 
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150911-word-up-the-secret-story-of-scrabble

3 Myths about language fluency

Fluency  is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU0zagnWeh8

Redhead Day UK

Hundreds of ‘gingers’ from across the world met to celebrate Redhead Day UK in Angel, north London. The gene for red hair, MC1R, is expressed in less than 2% of the global population.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2015/sep/14/redhead-day-uk-portraits

Refugee crisis: apart from Syrians, who is travelling to Europe?

Syrians account for 50% of the 380,000 refugees who had arrived in Europe after crossing the Mediterranean by early September, but several other nationalities are turning up in large numbers. So apart from Syria, where are they coming from, why did they leave, and how are they reaching Europe?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/10/refugee-crisis-apart-from-syrians-who-else-is-travelling-to-europe

An interview with Bill Bryson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSe_SLw1XpU

Walled cities

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150827-living-in-the-worlds-greatest-walled-cities