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What does this map of Question Time filming locations tell us about Britain?
Veteran BBC political presenter David Dimbleby is to stand down after 25 years as host of Question Time. Normally we’d…
The Liverpool metro just got its first new station in 20 years
Always nice when we get to report on a new bit of urban transport infrastructure outside London: the new station…
Podcast: The Italian Job
It’s another international episode. Bet you can’t guess from the title where we’re off to this week. Elena Magrini is…
Is this how the tube map will look in 2040?
Great news for fans of London transport, and also fans for whining about how London gets all the transport funding:…
Westminster has blocked Sadiq’s plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street. So are London’s boroughs too powerful?
For most of its history, London didn’t really exist. The city out-grew its ancient walls many centuries ago; yet right…
No, crazy house price increases are not purely a London phenomenon
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers on…
Podcast: Victoriana
“Can I come on Skylines and talk about the Victorians?” someone asked me the other week, and who am I…
A very brief history of council housing
The story of Britain’s council estates begins in Shoreditch. When completed in 1900, the Boundary Estate was made up of…
“Stop worrying about hairdressers”: The UK government has misdiagnosed its productivity problem
Gonna level with you here, I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, I’m a huge fan…
Podcast: Glasnost
This week, we’re getting out of the British Isles and heading east. Milo Edwards is a British comedian who moved…