(Super-short linky this week. I don’t know why, just haven’t come across much linkable stuff.)
The Guardian has an interesting take on the narrowing margin in the polls as the Scottish independence referendum date approaches, and particulary how the vote is being talked about down at street level, in the pubs and nightclubs. (It certainly has the Scottish contingent on my social media streams busy!)
Also: George Monbiot’s column on the subject certainly has people talking, 3500 comments and counting…
A history of classical music, in the form of cat GIFs. (via Bruce N)
Fascinating photoset of soldiers’ kit from 1066 to 2014.
And finally, this book review about a noir mystery with a cast of teddy bears is sensible enough. But the comment section… ah, the comment section. It just gets better as it goes along.