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What's the largest UK city without a university?
Most cities have a university of some sort. But what’s the largest British city that doesn’t have its own? First…
Which UK cities have the most universities?
First a word about the data. The CfC gathers data on the 63 largest cities in Britain, from London (pop: 9.8m…
Which UK city has the most universities?
With the help of some data from our trusty sidekicks at the Centre for Cities, let’s find out.
We kind of love this new, circular take on the Paris metro map
Paris is a serious contender for the title of the most beautiful city in the world – a city famed…
How has the Garden Bridge cost £37.7m already? Here's a breakdown
A few weeks back, we reported that London’s newly elected mayor Sadiq Khan had decided to go ahead with the…
In some UK cities, residents are eight times more likely to have no qualifications than in others
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
Bonus podcast: Fear and loathing in Miami
So I’ve been out of the office for a couple of weeks, reading books by a pool, and gradually taking…
I am shocked, shocked, to see that Sadiq Khan has broken a promise
We hate to say we told you so, but… (Hang on, that’s not true. It’s never true. “I hate to…
Between 2001 and 2011, home ownership rates fell in every British city – except one
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
15 other things ministers could move to London to boost the Northern Powerhouse
Yesterday brought confirmation that the government had come up with a clever way of boosting its flagship “Northern Powerhouse” policy:…