Bizarre statistic: How much will vultures pay us a year?
A somewhat bizarre statistic heard on the radio this morning. The discussion was on the…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 14, 2013
RPI versus CPI: what’s the difference? Why does it matter? Will it make you poorer or richer?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is topping the headlines in all the UK media…
2013: Year of Statistics, hospitals, cows, and living to 100
Happy New Year. Especially (for a statistical site) because 2013 is, officially, the International Year…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 7, 2013
Odd Statistical Snippet of the week: Voltaire and the statistician who won the lottery and proved that the earth is not round
I was listening with half an ear (as one does) to Melvyn Bragg’s academic-intellectual-historical-philosophical-scientific educate-us-all-in-things-that-every-civilised-person-ought-to-know-but-probably-doesn’t…
Julian ChampkinMay 4, 2012
The colour of e-money
As the saying goes, "money talks". But money, and especially electronic money, does more than…
Jordi PratsApril 12, 2012
The historical price of petrol – how bad do we have it?
Ministers this week debated whether the government should scrap a planned increase in fuel duty,…
Claire PackhamNovember 22, 2011
Big numbers, and big debts
Not long ago, on the PBS program “NewsHour”, I was listening to David Brooks, Op-Ed…
Alan PenmanOctober 24, 2011
Butterflies and biodiversity: do something that counts
A couple of weeks ago I waxed happily sarcastic about the wartime National Census of…
Julian ChampkinJuly 13, 2011
Public sector versus private sector – which really pays more?
One of the top news stories of this week has been the publication of findings…
Claire PackhamJuly 7, 2011
Naughty Millwall – but are they the worst behaved?
On Saturday 19th February a soccer game between Millwall and Middlesbrough was almost cancelled due…
Matthew RevieFebruary 22, 2011
