I read and watched with interest the Beveridge Lecture given by Professor Danny Dorling at…
Michael MernaghFebruary 20, 2013
The Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League football tournament kicked off this week…
Michael WallaceFebruary 14, 2013
As Valentine's Day nears, those of us who still have an empty dance card for…
Stephanie KovalchikFebruary 13, 2013
The public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire National Health Service Trust again raises the question…
Andrew McCullochFebruary 11, 2013
A skeleton in a 21st century car park. A king dragged off his horse and…
Julian ChampkinFebruary 8, 2013
I listened to David Cannadine on Radio 4 a few weeks ago telling the story…
Andrew McCullochFebruary 6, 2013
At New Year, I was reminded of how much heated argument can be generated when…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong has confessed to Oprah Winfrey that all seven of his Tour de France…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 18, 2013
A somewhat bizarre statistic heard on the radio this morning. The discussion was on the…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 14, 2013
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is topping the headlines in all the UK media…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 10, 2013
Queen Victoria was on the throne, Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States of…
Abdel KhairounJanuary 10, 2013
I paid close attention to the debate in the House of Commons yesterday when the…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 9, 2013
During one of their Brighton rendezvouses, after a round of oysters and a second bottle…
Stephanie KovalchikJanuary 8, 2013
Happy New Year. Especially (for a statistical site) because 2013 is, officially, the International Year…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 7, 2013
Sport is a man's world. At least that's the impression I get when I watch…
Linda WijlaarsDecember 5, 2012
Everyone knows about the home team advantage in sports. For example, in my research in…
Jim AlbertNovember 13, 2012
Residents of the Island of Manhattan in New York City are reminded that they live on a island…
Michael A. LewisNovember 13, 2012
Last year we reported on the extinction of the Western Black Rhinoceros, and looked at the…
Julian ChampkinNovember 8, 2012
At the time of writing and assuming we don’t have a repeat of Florida 2000,…
Michael A. LewisNovember 6, 2012
