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jonn elledge
Podcast: Help! Somebody save us!
On this week’s podcast, we’re joined by arguably the biggest political theorist writing about cities today. In 2013, Benjamin Barber…
Brexit: The more educated a city's population, the less likely it was to vote Leave
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
“Nobody knows anything”: A brief guide to how Brexit could affect Britain’s cities
A consensus has rapidly emerged around the correct way to respond to Britain’s exit from the European Union: blind panic.…
Brexit: What's the most pro-European city in Britain?
Last Thursday, Britain held a referendum, and – sit down, this may come as a shock – voted to leave…
London mayor Sadiq Khan to EU citizens: “You are welcome here”
There are something like 3m EU citizens in the UK – around a third of them in London alone. What…
11 things we learned from Benjamin Barber’s talk on the future of the city
Benjamin Barber is the author of If mayors ruled the world, a 2013 book which argues, well, you can probably…
Which US cities have good public transport?
The United States likes to think of itself as the land of the free. It’s also, though, the land of…
Podcast: Crossing continents
If you live in Britain – and if you don’t, I sort of envy you right now – you’ll know…
Amazing city promotional campaigns of our time: “Would you, in Łódź?”
If you’ve spent any time glumly staring at BBC World News – because, say, you’re in a hotel room in rural…
Which UK city has the most universities per head?
Well, since you did ask. First a word about the data. The CfC gathers data on the 63 largest cities in…