All articles by jonn elledge
jonn elledge
Podcast: The end of the world
This week, in keeping with the global mood, we are talking about threats to civilisation, and the things we can…
Autumn statement: Letting fees are awful, and Philip Hammond is right to ban them
A tragedy, in one graph: Foxtons share price plummets 11% in an hour after news that letting agents’ fees will…
This map shows London’s 1940s plan for a new underground rail network
It’s a scary world out there right now. We still don’t have a plan for Brexit. The Arctic isn’t freezing…
The North West Angle: how a 1783 screw-up left chunks of US territory marooned in Canada
Last week I wrote a faintly ranty piece listing 13 things about the map of the US that wind me…
Quiz: Can you identify the UK city from its European “twins”?
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
Here are 13 really aggravating things about the map of the United States
I’ve just returned from two weeks on the road in the United States. Mostly I was thinking about the election…
Podcast: Trumpocalypse Now
This is, like that Saved By the Bell where Jessie got addicted to drugs, another very special episode. Partly it’s…
Podcast: presidential election special
I’m not in the office right now: I’m in the US on a sort of busman’s holiday, because a presidential…
So just how weird is London's economy by European standards?
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some…
Even London's economy doesn't compare that well to similar European cities
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some…