Archive Data retention bill goes even further than politicians would have you believe While those within the Westminster bubble obsess about the gender, age and Eurosceptic balance of…Ray CorriganJuly 16, 2014
Archive How surprising was Brazil losing 7-1 to Germany? On July 8, at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany…Mario Cortina BorjaJuly 14, 2014
Archive How Britain solves Ireland’s abortion problem Until last year, Ireland and Malta were the only countries in Europe where abortion was…Oz FlanaganJuly 11, 2014
Archive The Scottish referendum: steady increase in support for Yes over last nine months On Tuesday, July 1, The Times reported a new YouGov poll that showed support for…Anthony McGannJuly 9, 2014
Archive The World Cup forecast: let’s go all the way! This is (maybe) the final post in the series dedicated to the prediction of the…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJuly 8, 2014
Archive The World Cup forecast: the final eight We're now down to 8 teams left in the World Cup. Interestingly, despite a pretty…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJuly 4, 2014
Archive How the job market is changing across twelve major US cities Usually when the latest US labor data is released, it gets hastily boiled down to…Salil MehtaJuly 3, 2014
Archive Michael Gove’s values and British social attitudes Michael Gove recently argued that schools should do more to promote 'British values'. In social…Andrew McCullochJuly 1, 2014
Archive The World Cup forecast: the final sixteen Now that the group stage is finished. We needed a few tweaks to the simulation…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJune 30, 2014
Archive Despite what many believe, immigrants don’t get preferential access to social housing Ever since the late 1990s, UK citizens have consistently rated immigration as one of the most important issues…Alan ManningJune 27, 2014
Archive How unreadable are James Joyce’s novels? {source} <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"> </script> <script type="text/x-mathjax-config"> MathJax.Hub.Config({tex2jax: {inlineMath: , ]}}); </script> {/source}…Mario Cortina BorjaJune 25, 2014
Archive Glastonbury and mud: a deserved reputation? It’s time for the greatest music festival in Britain, if not the world, to begin.…Oz FlanaganJune 23, 2014
Archive To win the World Cup, you need to win your group With the World Cup well and truly underway television pundits are already consulting their football…Michael WallaceJune 20, 2014
Archive The World Cup forecast: how do things look 17 games in? Yesterday was the end of round one for the group stage − this means that…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJune 18, 2014
Archive How powerful are the Eurosceptics now? The coverage of the European elections in UK verged on becoming hysterical at the thought…Oz FlanaganJune 16, 2014
Archive England can’t win on penalties? Probably There's an unusual lack of optimism surrounding the England football team heading into this World…Michael WallaceJune 13, 2014
Archive The World Cup forecast: group winners and the tight games to watch out for This is the first follow up to our previous (slightly technical and detailed) post on…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJune 11, 2014
Archive If Bayes was sitting on Copacabana beach… This is the first post of a fairly regular series dedicated to the impending FIFA…Gianluca Baio & Marta BlangiardoJune 11, 2014
Archive Is Britain getting on its bike? The recent release of a new ONS analysis on cycling to work showcases the value…Thomas KingJune 9, 2014
Archive Predicting the World Cup winner: what the bookies are saying and my two cents This article is a follow-up to my previous one where I used the betting markets…Dominic CortisJune 5, 2014