Why is it acceptable to kill someone? On the mysterious history of Britain’s road death toll
A decade ago I became fascinated by a graph. This one: I had been tracking the underlining data for…
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Quiz: Where do London Underground names re-appear?
Names of London Underground stations often re-appear in other British metro networks. But can you identify which?
ByIs Hull really in Yorkshire? A brief history of the boundaries and identity of God’s Own Country
I’ve argued the case previously that Yorkshire will always be consumed by in-fighting, and that to be united it…
ByFootball’s building homes: on an under-discussed source of brownfield land
The whole of England is convinced that Football’s Coming Home. We at CityMetric are more interested in the “home”…
BySo why is Northern Rail in chaos? Here are 11 reasons
Two weeks ago, in the middle of the great CityMetric “Modelgate” scandal, I was contacted by a reader about…
ByCan you identify the UK transport network from a blank logo?
Do you know your underground from your Overground, or one metro logo from the next? It’s quiz time. …
By“So you’ve decided to collect maps”: A beginners guide to cartophilia
The fact that you are reading a City Metric article about map collecting suggests that there’s a high probability…
ByIn the North of England we don’t have to remember British Rail: we’re still stuck with all its old trains
The Prime Minster was asked about rail nationalisation by Andrew Marr. She rolled out the pathetic line, “I remember…
ByTo make devolution work, what Yorkshire needs is a common enemy
About 30 years ago the comedian Nick Reville had a comedy routine about Yorkshire people. It went something like…
ByQuiz: Can you match the English city to its historic county?
The UK government has been messing around with county boundaries since the 1970s. But do you know which cities…
ByQuiz: Can you identify the transport network from its destinations?
Transport systems describe their services by their final destinations. So can you name the UK transport network from just…
ByRail Map Online is building a map of all Britain’s lost trams and it is wonderful
On 4 June, Rail Map Online tweeted about an update that I had been waiting for: New Historic Tramlines…
ByQuiz: Can you identify the British motorway from the description?
Just click the motorway that matches the description. How hard can it be? Want more of this…
ByQuiz: Can you name the UK city from a map of its public transport?
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