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jonn elledge
Podcast: Remember, Shaun Bailey is 47 years old
This week, it’s all about mayors, and also someone who the smart money says will never become one. I’ve dragged…
No, there isn’t enough brownfield land to solve England’s housing crisis
Few things in life are certain. That the taxman will want his share. That, one day, you will die. And…
On one thing, Daniel Hannan is right: Great Britain is not a small island on any measure
“Eurocrats, keep telling me that Britain is a ‘small island’” Daniel Hannan tweeted the other day. “In what sense? We’re…
Podcast: Brizzle
This week, we’re off to an English city that, to my shame, I’ve been neglecting: Bristol, the largest city in…
“The enabling authority”: What explains Warrington’s economic boom?
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers on…
Podcast: Social contracts
It’s a bit of a game of two halves this week. First up, I talk to Eric Klinenberg – director…
Podcast: Walking with Elizabeth
Crossrail is running late. The opening of London’s £15bn new railway, also known, horribly, as the Elizabeth line, has been…
This map suggests that, by fixing Britain’s cities, we’ll fix most of our towns, too
Has economic policy focused too much on cities, to the detriment of the places where most British people actually live?…
Five thoughts about Theresa May’s promise to get councils building houses again
1. This is big. Housing is a policy area infested with numbers that sound big but actually aren’t. “An extra…
Podcast: Scouse Exceptionalism
Exciting news, lads: Skylines has been on tour! Well, sort of: this is the first episode we’ve ever recorded primarily…