accompanied by Samuel Pepys, who records all his stories.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. (Thanks to .)

"Work Capability Assessment puts people with mental illness, autism and learning difficulties at a substantial disadvantage." But the UK government defends its position in the war on the disabled.

British business leaders doing their best.

African coins found in 1944!

David McIntee explains.

"how many others are also creating spiteful havoc under the hood, where no one is watching?"

Review of the masterpiece.

Whogasm.

Indeed.

The appalling costs of college tuition.

Pär Stenbäck rejects despair.

Wow.

Predictions from 1997; no Cameron, Miliband or Clegg!

An Atos whistleblower's tale of the war on the disabled.

by one M. Thatcher.

"The Irish government is finally getting round to drafting a new law on abortion. The law will only cover cases where the mother's life is in danger without an abortion. Even so, the Catholic Church in Ireland is opposing the legislation. How fixated do you have to be to oppose an abortion where the mother (and of course, the baby), will die witho…

"Yes is meaningless if there is no way to say No."

It's all because of BBC Northern Ireland.

198 Hamlets in 15 minutes!

The small change costs more than it is worth! (Thanks @quarsan)

@cmdr_hadfield 's success.

...if given a chance, says @Jan_Techau.

The Place-names of Shetland and Orkney

The Economist on Sanskrit.

Another Euromyth busted.

A fantastic archive - Ireland in the wake of Cromwell.

Strange Maps looks at Westeros.

Hadfield's greatest moments of the last five months.