Anna Lawlor is a British financial journalist and broadcaster. Her first radio documentary – Typical!…
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Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on UnsplashItaly was the first European country to suffer a…
Robbayes-C19November 5, 2020
Photo by David T on UnsplashThe pandemic of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) triggered by the SARS-CoV-2…
Francesco Finazzi and Alessandro FassòApril 16, 2020
On the morning of 8 November 2016, many Americans went to bed confident that Hillary…
Josh Pasek and Michael TraugottSeptember 27, 2018
In "The Shock of the Mean" (Significance, December 2017) I explained how, far from being…
Simon RaperDecember 5, 2017
In April 2014, FiveThirtyEight published a statistical analysis of the paintings of Bob Ross. Journalist…
Samantha TynerNovember 11, 2015
As Yogi Berra, once said: ‘It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future’. Like…
Niven WinchesterAugust 27, 2015
In September this year, the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will come to an end…
Julia HallAugust 25, 2015
The transfer market in football is a strange beast. For anyone who doesn't know how…
Ian McHale & Łukasz SzczepańskiAugust 19, 2015
'House prices in England and Wales hit record high’ ran a headline from last month…
Oz FlanaganAugust 14, 2015
The UK is currently experiencing climbing property prices and a growing housing demand coupled with…
Alasdair RaeJuly 9, 2015
A heatwave over India that started on May 21 and has produced India’s highest recorded…
Hugo WinterJune 2, 2015
Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright. Parliamentary Copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament.In a…
Mario Cortina BorjaApril 25, 2015
Drivers have been rejoicing since the start of the year at the plummeting price of…
Oz FlanaganJanuary 22, 2015
The EU has demanded rapid payment of £1.7 billion from the UK because our economy…
David SpiegelhalterOctober 27, 2014
‘UK house prices rose by 8% in the year’ is the latest startling headline following…
Oz FlanaganMay 30, 2014
A friend pointed me to this story about the average number of men (or rather…
Robin EvansFebruary 14, 2014
In a recent article I reported the results of the internet-test, where the takers had…
Mikhail SimkinJune 24, 2013
Previously I discussed1 my experiment that tested whether people can tell the masterpieces of abstract…
Mikhail SimkinMarch 21, 2013
