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20 August 2017

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News imageJohn and Jeannie with pet lamb, Nesting

Scotland's far north

A picture of the landscapes, people and customs of rural Scotland in the late 1970s and 80s.

News imageBobby Seagull and Eric Monkman

Does the world need polymaths?

Is there a role in today's world for the polymath - someone who knows a lot about a lot of things?

News imageMatt Dawson playing rugby

Dawson's life changed by tick bite

A bacterial infection spread through the former England rugby player's body after he was bitten.

News imageIllustration of a dynamo AC exciter Siemens from 1896

Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing?

The internet shows, as with electricity, that real technological change takes time and imagination.

News imageFire in Shepherd's Bush tower block

Fire warning over faulty white goods

In a letter to Theresa May, the London Fire Brigade and others say white goods must be made safer.

News imageMembers of the ruling party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) pose for photographs before the opening ceremony of the party's annual congress in Kuala Lumpur on December 1, 2016.

The online abuse hurled at Malaysia's Muslim women

The brutality of online attacks on some Muslim women in Malaysia have led to calls for changes in law.

News imageMatt Cain

How PrEP changed Matt's life

How taking pre-exposure drugs revolutionised one gay man's relationship with sex.

News imageNorth and South Korean border

Watching the North watching the South

The BBC visits the border between North and South Korea and talks to the European observers who monitor the ceasefire.

News imageBusinessman looking out of window in London

Sharp fall in median pay for FTSE bosses

Deloitte says its annual survey of executive pay suggests policies to limit bosses' pay are working.

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