Mind blowing hidden details in paintings. Wonderful list of good graphic novels. The Quality of Living Survey. Bill Hicks interviewed in 1988. Your pop questions, answered. 10 disturbing videos from...

Britain’s surnames in map form. Mozart in edits. Journalist takes a year off the net. Surprising. Cosmarxpolitan Amazing interactive article on...

Abandoned mansions Live trains on the underground Beautiful post on doves Heartwrenching experience Dog bomb Analysis of song patterns Fascinating Danny Baker interview A Bit of Fry and Laurie...

Photos of abandoned ruins. Tory MP tells it how it is on justice. Photos of North Korea. Life advice from a six-year-old, taken literally. 10 mysterious lost treasures. Tegan and Sara’s album worth a listen. Most amazing high school project ever. Colour photo of French troops, Verdun, 1916. Heaven’s Calling, Alaska Norway Sky...

Haven’t done this in aaages… NOTE: these links have got fucked up somehow. So think of it as a lucky dip. Or not. Amazing list of longreads (via @marxculture) Dull news in local newspapers Changing tube map.  Amazing sleight of hand skills Authors just hanging out. The most powerful photos ever taken. Excellent Caroline Crampton...

I’ve not even looked at half of these myself yet, so don’t blame me if they’re crap. In Search of Serendipity. The language of stamps. Mark Twain’s literary offences. Sneaking into members’ clubs. So it turns out Labour got tax, not spending wrong. Raymond Chandler hating on Hitchcock. Long read on riots. Joe...