A dangerous airport, and I'm defeated by sheep.

• Safiya Nygaard's 18th century makeover is fascinating, even for someone like me whose knowledge of fashion history is basically zero. I wonder if there'll be someone in another 250 years' time doing a "21st century makeover"?
   
• Japan's arcades are disappearing. I have fond memories of visiting Tokyo arcades when I was briefly there, a few years ago; I know things change, but I still think it's a shame.
   
• Why are restaurant vegetables better than home-cooked ones? The easy answer would be "they're cooked with a lot of fat and salt", but Ethan Chlebowski does a great job of showing that it's more complicated than that, along with actual experiments and tips for cooking at home.
   
• This clip from a German TV show is a masterpiece of production. You don't need to understand German: all you need to know is that the two players need to complete eight tasks in fifteen minutes. A math problem written on exercise equipment, hitching up a trailer, and so on. Except: if no-one's pressing the button in the middle of the floor, the clock runs at treble speed. And a lot of the tasks require two people. It sounds like it's going to be complicated, but the producers have done such a good job.

• Drones have transformed blood delivery in Rwanda. When this was being tested, there were some really good videos about the technology — and now the data's in, and it turns out it really does work. It's good to see a headline like this in the past tense.
   
• In 2020, a man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet. He didn't even really want to fly. He wasn't medically fit to fly. It's an incredible comedy of errors, and it's only a comedy because no-one was seriously hurt. If you can read French (or use a translator), the original French report is worth reading.
   
• The Tunnel Under The World is 1955 science fiction that, with a few small changes, could have been an episode script for Black Mirror. To say more would spoil it.

And finally, a brilliant bit of TV comedy from 1977. The Richard Pryor Show had Gladys Knight and the Pips perform, with Gladys Knight. Presenting: And The Pips.

Next week, I'm out of Madeira, and starting a run of videos from France!

— Tom