2020: Read (non-fiction)

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Non-fiction:

- 'It drives writers mad': why are authors still sniffy about sci-fi? by Sarah Ditum (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/18/it-drives-writers-mad-why-are-authors-still-sniffy-about-sci-fi)
- The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism by Kyle Chayka (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/03/empty-promises-marie-kondo-craze-for-minimalism)
- You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane
- www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/feb/crimes-against-books.htm
- How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body (Before You Ever Feel It) by Jeff Wise (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html)
- Their Darkest Materials by Penelope Hemingway
- To see the antisemitism of medieval bestiaries, look for the owl by Erika Harlitz-Kern (https://aeon.co/ideas/to-see-the-antisemitism-of-medieval-bestiaries-look-for-the-owl)
- Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones review – a sparky yet sad vision of gay subculture by John Self (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/25/box-hill-adam-mars-jones-review)
- EarBuddy: Enabling On-Face Interaction via Wireless Earbuds (https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3313831.3376836)
- The Rolling, Lurching, Vomit-Inducing Road to a Seasickness Cure by Egill Bjarnason (www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-rolling-lurching-vomit-inducing-road-to-a-seasickness-cure)
- The Lord of the Rings 1 - Hobbiton to Rivendell (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-1-hobbiton-to.html)
- The Sewing Machines of Oradour-sur-Glane by Mary Davis (https://pieceworkmagazine.com/the-sewing-machines-of-oradour-sur-glane)
- Full Employment by Cory Doctorow (https://locusmag.com/2020/07/cory-doctorow-full-employment/)
- No house of straw: Sarah Wigglesworth's eco-home, 20 years on by Nell Card (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/07/return-sarah-wigglesworth-straw-bale-house-stock-orchard-street)
- Red Pills and NPCs: How geek culture became political by Andres Guadamuz(https://www.technollama.co.uk/red-pills-and-npcs-how-geek-culture-become-political)
- Out of office: has the homeworking revolution finally arrived? by Joe Moran (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/11/out-of-office-has-the-homeworking-revolution-finally-arrived)
- From Bejeweled To Plants Vs Zombies: How PopCap Got Just About Everyone To Play Their Games by John Walker (https://kotaku.com/from-bejeweled-to-plants-vs-zombies-how-popcap-got-jus-1844338169)
- Percy Pigs for breakfast and sourdough by bike: the new food world that I won’t give up by Grace Dent (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jun/05/percy-pigs-for-breakfast-and-sourdough-by-bike-the-new-food-world-that-i-wont-give-up-grace-dent)
- WOMEN IN SFF AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: JULIET E MCKENNA BY THE FANTASY HIVE (https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2020/07/women-in-sff-author-spotlight-juliet-e-mckenna/)
- Ultra-black fish that absorb 99.5% of light found in the deep ocean by Michael Irving (https://newatlas.com/science/ultra-black-fish-absorb-light/)
- On Matthew’s mind by Ben Platts-Mills (https://aeon.co/essays/matthew-had-a-brain-injury-who-is-he-after-brain-surgery)
- Where are the bones of Hans Holbein? I spent lockdown solving art's grisliest mystery by Jonathan Jones (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/16/bones-hans-holbein-lockdown-arts-grisliest-mystery-plague-london-renaissance)
- How Nespresso's coffee revolution got ground down by Ed Cumming (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jul/14/nespresso-coffee-capsule-pods-branding-clooney-nestle-recycling-environment)
- How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02278-5)
- UK higher education and Covid-19 (https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/news-and-articles/articles/article-i7536-uk-higher-education-and-covid-19/)
- Covid-19: The 21 universities most at risk (https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/news-and-articles/articles/article-i7594-covid-19-the-21-universities-most-at-risk/)
- The Lord of the Rings 2: Rivendell to Mirrormere (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-2-rivendell-to.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 3: Lóthlorien to Rauros (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-3-lothlorien-to-rauros.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 4: Anduin to Fangorn (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-4-anduin-to-fangorn.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 5: Helm's Deep and the Emyn Muil (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-5-helms-deep-and-emyn.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 6: Ithilien and Shelob's Lair (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-lord-of-rings-6-ithilien-and.html)
- The Silmarillion (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-silmarillion.html)
- Lord of the Rings 7: Minas Tirith (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/lord-of-rings-7-minas-tirith.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 8: Orodruin or Bust! (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-lord-of-rings-8-orodruin-or-bust.html)
- The Lord of the Rings 9: The Battle of Bywater and the Grey Havens (https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/when-i-started-re-reading-lord-of-rings.html)
- On Writing ONLY THE WOMEN ARE BURNING (http://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-only-the-women-are-burning/)
- "A Room of Our Own": Women Writing Women in Fan and Slash Fiction by Ithiliana (https://archiveofourown.org/works/25920658)
- A cavalier Tory leader and a botched pandemic response? It must be 1957 by Andy Beckett (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/01/cavalier-tory-leader-botched-pandemic-response-1957#comment-140263978)
- Apocalyptic vision: the unsettling beauty of lockdown is pure sci-fi by Jonathan Jones (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/29/apocalyptic-vision-the-unsettling-beauty-of-lockdown-britain-is-pure-sci-fi-coronavirus)
- Bail Out the Planet by George Monbiot (https://www.monbiot.com/2020/05/01/bail-out-the-planet/)
- Math of the Penguins by Susan D'Agostino (https://www.quantamagazine.org/math-of-the-penguins-20200817/)
- 'It was an act of principle': The Covid doctor who quit over Cummings by Alex Moshakis (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/23/it-was-an-act-of-principle-the-covid-doctor-who-quit-over-cummings)
- The Haute Couture History of Sailor Moon by Angelica Frey (https://theattic.jezebel.com/the-haute-couture-history-of-sailor-moon-1844488914)
- An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display by JO MARCHANT (http://nautil.us/issue/89/the-dark-side/an-ancient-site-with-human-skulls-on-display)
- Lost medieval sacristy uncovered at Westminster Abbey by Mark Brown (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/23/lost-medieval-sacristy-uncovered-at-westminster-abbey)
- 'I'm extremely controversial': the psychologist rethinking human emotion by David Shariatmadari (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/25/im-extremely-controversial-the-psychologist-rethinking-human-emotion)
- Why You Should Avoid White Backgrounds by Peter Temple(http://presentationsforbusiness.com/professional-speaker-image/white-death-on-the-podium/)
- From ASTS What’s Your Perspective? A Transplant Surgeon’s Story of Surviving COVID-19 by Tomoaki Kato, MD (https://columbiasurgery.org/news/asts-what-s-your-perspective-transplant-surgeon-s-story-surviving-covid-19)
- Michael Rosen on his Covid-19 coma: ‘It felt like a pre-death, a nothingness’ by Simon Hattenstone (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/30/michael-rosen-on-his-covid-19-coma-it-felt-like-a-pre-death-a-nothingness)
- The best books on The Best Books on the Future of Work recommended by Daniel Susskind (https://fivebooks.com/best-books/future-of-work-daniel-susskind/)
- NHS APP USERS GET PRIVACY; OTHER VISITORS GET NOTHING (https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/nhs-app-users-get-privacy-other-visitors-get-nothing/?pk_campaign=Covid&pk_kwd=body&pk_medium=email21&pk_content=blog)
- Graphic artist Art Spiegelman on Maus, politics and 'drawing badly' by Sam Leith (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/17/graphic-artist-art-spiegelman-on-maus-politics-and-drawing-badly)
- This Seawater-Infused Wine Is Sweet, Thick, and Not at All Salty by Ute Eberle (https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/this-seawater-infused-wine-is-sweet-thick-and-not-at-all-salty/)
- Earthlings by Sayaka Murata review – a fizzing tale of alienation by John Self (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/04/earthlings-by-sayaka-murata-review-a-fizzing-tale-of-alienation)
- 'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient by Josh Wilbur (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/26/life-on-the-inside-as-a-locked-in-patient-jake-haendel-leukoencephalopathy)
- The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? by Kwame Anthony Appiah (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/19/the-myth-of-meritocracy-who-really-gets-what-they-deserve)
- Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad review – a city of memories by Tash Aw (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/09/bangkok-wakes-to-rain-pitchaya-sudbanthad-review)
- Does fiction still need speech marks? A potted history of vanishing punctuation by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/november/speech-mark-fiction-disappearing-future-history.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Penguin%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=What%20your%20favourite%20reading%20environment%20says%20about%20you)
- Jane Austen Used Pins to Edit Her Manuscripts: Before the Word Processor & White-Out (http://www.openculture.com/2018/02/jane-austen-used-pins-to-edit-her-manuscripts-before-the-word-processor-white-out.html)
- Reading Is More Important Than Writing by Carissa Ann Lynch (http://booksbywomen.org/reading-is-more-important-than-writing/)
- We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says by Karen Hao (https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/)
- A MODERNIST FANTASY: MODERNISM, ANARCHISM AND THE RADICAL FANTASTIC BY JAMES GIFFORD BY: NICK HUBBLE (http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/a-modernist-fantasy-modernism-anarchism-and-the-radical-fantastic-by-james-gifford/)
- The mystery of the Gatwick drone by Samira Shackle (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone)
- 'A peculiarly English epic': the weird genius of The Archers by Charlotte Higgins (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/15/the-archers-weird-genius-peculiarly-english-epic)
- Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information by Mark Hurst (K)
- How to Grow Your Own Poem by Kate Clanchy (K)

- Lockdown is nothing new. We’ve been kept off the land for centuries by George Monbiot (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/22/lockdown-coronavirus-crisis-right-to-roam)
- Pokémon Scientists Have A Very Hard Job by Mike Sholars (https://kotaku.com/pokemon-scientists-have-a-very-hard-job-1843044727)
- What if Covid-19 isn't our biggest threat? by Andrew Anthony (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/26/what-if-covid-19-isnt-our-biggest-threat)
- Bicycling Booms During Lockdown—But There's A Warning From History by Carlton Reid (https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/05/01/bicycling-booms-during-lockdown-but-theres-a-warning-from-history/amp/)
- The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months by Rutger Bregman (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months)
- The Origins of Scandinavian Noir by Wendy Lesser (www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/05/06/the-origins-of-scandinavian-noir/)
- Knitwear and Gloves for Polar Explorers by ANGHARAD THOMAS (pieceworkmagazine.com/knitwear-and-gloves-for-polar-explorers/)
- The end of the 9-5? How work will change after coronavirus by Alice Vincent (www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/april/home-working-lifedown-coronavirus-freelancing.html)
- The Carouser and the Great Astronomer by Walter Murch http://nautil.us/issue/84/outbreak/the-carouser-and-the-great-astronomer)
- How working from home is changing our economy forever BY ARIADNA ESTÉVEZ (https://blog.oup.com/2020/05/how-working-from-home-is-changing-our-economy-forever/)
- The man in the iron lung byLinda Rodriguez McRobbie (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/26/last-iron-lung-paul-alexander-polio-coronavirus)
- The patients who just can't shake off Covid-19 by Dominic Hughes (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52548843)
- The Science Fiction Writer John Scalzi Readily Quits Reading (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/books/review/john-scalzi-by-the-book-interview.html)
- Black Death, COVID, and Why We Keep Telling the Myth of a Renaissance Golden Age and Bad Middle Ages by Ada Palmer (https://www.exurbe.com/black-death-covid-and-why-we-keep-telling-the-myth-of-a-renaissance-golden-age-and-bad-middle-ages/)


Wish-It-Was-Fiction:

- EU launches its own shock and awe campaign early by Anthony Robinson (https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/eu-launches-its-own-shock-and-awe-campaign-early/)
- Getting ready for changes Communication on readiness at the end of the transition period between the European Union and the United Kingdom (https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/brexit_files/info_site/com_2020_324_2_communication_from_commission_to_inst_en_0.pdf)
- Indefinitely Ill – Post-Covid Fatigue (https://crookedtimber.org/2020/05/18/indefinitely-ill-post-covid-fatigue/)
- 'Weird as hell’: the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months by Luke Harding (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/weird-hell-professor-advent-calendar-covid-19-symptoms-paul-garner)
- OF TESTING CENTRES, SNIPE, AND WILD GEESE: COVID BRIEFING PAPER #8 by Helen Oliver (https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/?p=55655)

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