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jonn elledge
Britain’s secondary cities are underperforming their European peers
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the…
Seven thoughts on this week’s rail fare rises
This article first appeared on our sister site, the New Statesman. It’s January, it’s cold, we’re all back at work…
Podcast: Africa Rising
New Year’s resolution: this year, we’re going to be more international. To that end, on this week’s podcast, we’re talking…
YouGov just polled nearly 8,000 people to prove the existence of the English Midlands
YouGov, a pollster so committed to attracting the attention of journalists that it once literally polled an argument that Stephen…
Podcast: Merry Xmas Everybody
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why – because for one…
TfL just released a map with three different Elizabeth Lines on it
One of the sillier pieces I have written this year – and isn’t that a competitive title? – was, in…
The new train operator in the West Midlands is splitting its business in two. Here’s why that’s a good thing
It has always seemed to me that treating the British rail network as a single, unified thing was the wrong…
Podcast: Nice
This is another guest-presented episode, at least of sorts. Back when we started this thing in early 2016, we had…
What should we call the collection of islands on which the UK and Ireland happen to sit?
There’s a headline that got me in trouble a while back. I thought it was pretty innocuous, so was surprised…
Meet the Museum of London's latest exhibit: a disgusting, giant lump of fat
The Museum of London has been teaching visitors about the capital’s history for over 50 years now. It contains exhibits…