{"id":27813,"date":"2014-02-10T09:19:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T09:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samathieson.com\/sa-mathieson\/?p=27813"},"modified":"2014-02-10T09:19:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T09:19:22","slug":"what-to-read-on-beacon-as-well-as-the-ends-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samathieson.com\/sa-mathieson\/what-to-read-on-beacon-as-well-as-the-ends-of-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"What to read on Beacon, as well as the Ends of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beacon, which hosts my series the Ends of Britain<\/a> – which last Friday looked at the controversy over whether an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK could share the pound<\/a> – now has more than 70 writers. If you subscribe to one you get access to all.<\/p>\n

To read the articles mentioned in this post in full, you will need to be a subscriber – but you can sign up for a 14 day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong> So why not do that, then come back and read the rest of the post? <\/p>\n

This short guide to what to read on Beacon starts with Brian Blickenstaff, who mostly writes about German football, such as the national team’s super-organised approach to the World Cup<\/a>, although with forays into other sports. One of my favourite articles by him is on sport and national mythmaking, where he compares American rags to riches sports stories to a German focus on doing a job increasingly well<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to think of anything Germans admire more than craftsmanship and the ability of a person, through hard work and careful study, to push his or herself a little bit closer to perfection. If you\u2019re going to do something, do it right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mentioned Benjamin Reeves’ first Beacon piece on Santa Claus and corruption<\/a> in Guatemala a few weeks ago. Since then, he’s argued that Latin America will be offended if Justin Bieber isn’t deported<\/a> from the US to Canada, and last week published an intriging tale of driving around the country with a mysterious old American who claims to have made Guatemala’s first national map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dan Fletcher is one of the founders of Beacon, having previously worked at Time<\/em> and as managing editor of Facebook. He has recently written about quirks of the social media economy, such as how a Facebook page about not touching hair, face or phone (followed by 8.2m people) appears to have been monetised<\/a> in a rather less-than-transparent fashion, and how he used to game Digg<\/a> when first working at Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Going further back, highlights from last autumn include Gaar Adams on the difficulties of establishing a mosque in rurul Wisconsin<\/a> and Eric Randolph talking to then-leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or, why not explore for yourself?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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