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jonn elledge
Podcast: The biggest story in the world
This week, we’re off to China. Now the U.S. bureau chief for the South China Morning Post, Robert Delaney spent…
Podcast: Food, glorious food
This week’s podcast is a bit of a sandwich. In the middle, you’ll find an informative and nutritious conversation with…
London’s tube map needs to rethink how it shows the Bank/Monument interchange
The world is cold and dark and terrifying, and the British economy might be about to go off a cliff.…
Let's be honest: Most London commuter towns are unbelievably dull
The impressive thing about Lewis Hamilton is that he can drive so well with his foot in his mouth. Last…
This month’s increase in rail fares isn’t that huge – but commuters are still right to be furious
It feels like a peculiarly British joke that the annual rise in rail fares happens at the exact point in…
Gävle, Sweden: The town where goat-based arson is a Christmas tradition
This is from 2014, but repromoting it every year is now a CityMetric Christmas tradition, so there. The Yule Goat…
Podcast: Driving home for Christmas
This week, ‘tis the season for large chunks of the population of any major city to up-sticks and head back…
So why isn’t Newcastle booming?
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers on…
Podcast: Going green
Good news, everyone: this podcast doesn’t even glance at Brexit. Bad news: it is about environmental catastrophe, or at least,…
Never mind Brexit: TfL just released new tube map showing an interchange at Camden Town!!!
Crossrail has just been given a £1bn bail out. This, according to the Financial TImes’s Jim Pickard, is on top…