May 2021

the myth of Spartan equality - ACoUP

the links between physical activity, self-regulation and academic achievement in children - BBC

after 130 years, a new dictionary of ancient Greek! - Guardian

cycling in Barcelona - Mijksenaar

South Korea’s elderly conservatives turn to YouTube, and conspiracy theories - RestOfWorld

car-dependent housing is unsustainable, no matter how beautiful it is - Transport for New Homes

a half-hour podcast on the Barcelona superblocks (LTNs) - Geert

principles for designing cycle infrastructure: an excellent overview - Ranty Highwayman [via @RantyHighwayman] - YouTube

major Australian historical records are going to be lost due to National Archives underfunding - Guardian

the Polish ś and keyboard localisation: the story of a bug - Medium

why are our cities built for 183cm (6ft) men? - Guardian

a look at another of Oxford's horrible main road junctions - Oxford Blog

the case for Palestinian refugee return - Guardian

a fascinating survey with stunning photos - Jellyfish: A Natural History

time for Japan to allow a reigning empress - Guardian

"Do not go gentle into that good night" - @NationalTheatre

modelling the West Antarctic Ice Sheet contribution to sea level rise - RealClimate

plans to turn central Paris into a low traffic neighbourhood - Bloomberg

modern religious zeal and the Temple Mount - Guardian

as sea levels rise, Jakarta is sinking - NASA

Hackney's oldest low traffic neighbourhood dates to 1974; Roman Pompeii had traffic restrictions - Forbes

Spain makes 30km/hr the speed limit on most roads - El Pais

evaluation of low traffic neighbourhoods - Oxford Blog guest post

a nice introduction to induced demand: more roads, more trafic - Wired [vis @psimonk]

a surreal, Escher-like bookshop in Chengdu - Architectural Digest

rain playgrounds, and selling damp cities as tourist destinations - Guardian

Oxfam's shop on Broad St was its first charity shop and goes back to 1948 - OxfordHistory

a real climate policy or just greenwashing? - Guardian

will a focus on equal rights rather than states work better in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking? - 972mag

massive US study of school Covid risks and mitigations - Science

the role of active travel in reducing health inequalities - Health Foundation

a Belgian farmer accidentally moves the border with France - BBC

Modi and the BJP fail to take West Bengal - Guardian

"Who among us can be totally sure they have not had sex with an octopus?" - n+1

Charles St and Divinity Rd: two East Oxford streets compared - Oxford Blog

trying to disentangle environmental and genetic effects in genome-wide association studies - elife