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jonn elledge
Podcast: Genius loci
You know, there are some people – mean, cruel, wrong people – who might think our podcast gets a little…
London's trams are finally joining the tube map
Yesterday, Geoff Marshall from Londonist wrote this article, outlining what he’d learned from his “exclusive first peak” at the new…
Will it really cost the taxpayer twice as much to cancel London's Garden Bridge as to build it?
Our leader has spoken: London’s ridiculous Garden Bridge project is going ahead. At his first mayor’s question time this morning,…
Which British cities have the highest home ownership rates?
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
The seat of democracy doesn't get a vote – and seven other ways in which Washington, DC is constitutionally weird
“This is a weird town,” an American friend of mine told me a few years ago, after he moved from…
Quiz: Can you match the colour scheme with the metro map?
Our geekiest quiz yet! Jonn Elledge is the editor of CityMetric. He is on Twitter, far too much,…
This new map shows how the Elizabeth Line will look on the tube map. It's rubbish
You know, it’s been ages since we ran a story about London’s tube map. So long, in fact, that we’ve…
House prices are increasing five times faster than wages, and five other depressing charts about housing
The Resolution Foundation is a British think tank which focuses its work on the living standards of those on low…
This graphic charts the history of England's elected mayors since 2000
England’s modern system of elected mayors was first introduced by the Blair government. London was first out of the trap,…
Podcast: Cats in a bag
This week, I am sorry to tell you, we aren’t actually talking about cats. (Boo.) What we are talking about…