Stephen Tall

Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention this week…

• Free meals for school kids do improve performance, but value for money questions remain | Full Fact
  Fair verdict: “Free meals for school kids do improve performance, but value for money questions remain” | Full Fact http://bit.ly/1pu0HL2
• JOAN RIVERS INTERVIEWED BY BOB MONKHOUSE (1983) – YouTube
  Bob Monkhouse intvws Joan Rivers in 1983. TV interviews don’t get 20 mins to breath these days http://bit.ly/1pOBe4U
• Daily Mail publishes third correction in breaching the editors' code | Media | theguardian.com
  Lies, damned lies and Daily Mail stories on immigration http://bit.ly/1oIxig4
• Carbuncle Cup 2014: London's Woolwich Central named worst new building of the year – Architecture – Arts and Entertainment – The Independent
  I know I’m in a minority but I like Vauxhall Tower (runner-up in worst new building of year) http://ind.pn/1qqjqfC
• d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net
  49% of Ukip voters hv not said something bec they thought they’d be labelled a racist (cf 40% Tories 31% Lab 33% LD) http://bit.ly/1w7rlza
• Gawping at nude celeb pics is not a crime | Celebrity | Free speech | Privacy | spiked
  Genuinely interesting from Brendan O’Neill on the erosion of privacy > Gawping at nude celeb pics is not a crime http://bit.ly/WcYQ6i
• Lib Dems oppose UK airport expansion – FT.com
  FT: LibDems oppose UK airport expansion http://on.ft.com/1nXeOZF Actually 73% don’t but split on where it should be: http://bit.ly/1nXeOZH
• BBC News – Should England make setting and streaming compulsory?
  “Whatever Japan and South Korea are doing to drive their maths scores up, it isn’t setting,” notes @xtophercook: http://bbc.in/WbGgv3
• New Statesman | Online abuse, leaked nudes and revenge porn: this is nothing less than terrorism against women
  Excellent from Helen Lewis on extreme misogynism’s intent to silence women http://bit.ly/1nXcaD9 (not sure about use of “terrorism” tho).