Interesting Links for 23-11-2020

[andrewducker]

Germany agrees 'historic' mandatory boardroom quota for women

(tags:women Germany business )

Covid-19: Christmas get-together plan backed by all the UK nations

(tags:UK pandemic Christmas )

COVID-19: Oxford vaccine is up to 90% effective in preventing coronavirus

(tags:Pandemic vaccine Oxford GoodNews )

Channel 4 presenters/talent read real complaints

(tags:tv complaints channel4 video funny )

The terrible truth about Manatees

(tags:comics funny pirates )

So, how rational *are* you?

(tags:rationality comic funny )

How the tiny town of Eyam saved thousands of people from the plaque and helped conquer AIDS

(tags:aids history disease )

The real reason why many people still support Donald Trump

(tags:politics USA )

The Battle of Britain - filmed in stop motion at 1:72

(tags:history stopmotion animation wwii video )

Comments

[woodpijn.livejournal.com]

Sorry, crossed with most of the thread! I mistook you as saying the whole thing was made up.

[cmcmck]

Oh no! Eyam certainly imported the plague.

The legend is that the village got wiped out.

As an academic historian I get tired of legends being repeated as truth but you see it so often!

And they don't always know that it's pronounced 'eem' either but that's another story! :o)