There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…
Ian BrinkleySeptember 3, 2015
The UK is currently experiencing climbing property prices and a growing housing demand coupled with…
Alasdair RaeJuly 9, 2015
In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman raises the spectre of a…
Andrew WhitbyJune 23, 2015
There are many opportunities for us to make wrong decisions in life – whether it…
Brian TarranJune 16, 2015
One of the more interesting dynamics in British politics in recent years has been the…
Brian TarranApril 28, 2015
Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright. Parliamentary Copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament.In a…
Mario Cortina BorjaApril 25, 2015
It has become something of a cliché to remark upon the ever earlier arrival of…
Nathan CunninghamNovember 11, 2014
Imagine for a moment that you are an incumbent politician, living in the modern world…
Oz FlanaganMarch 20, 2014
A friend pointed me to this story about the average number of men (or rather…
Robin EvansFebruary 14, 2014
The online technology revolution has set proverbial amongst the pigeons that make up the old…
Oz FlanaganJanuary 30, 2014
Solly Zuckerman (pictured) was meticulous in measuring things to assemble evidence when there was none,…
Thomas KingOctober 17, 2013
The publications marking the transition to a new government chief scientific advisor in Britain give…
Thomas KingOctober 7, 2013
Can statistics save your life? Well, Google certainly thinks it can. Moreover, the company has…
Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesSeptember 30, 2013
Kenya has been having elections. The results were announced on Saturday. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's richest…
Julian ChampkinMarch 11, 2013
We read about statistics every day, be it the predicted winner of a football league,…
Linda WijlaarsMarch 5, 2013
Recently we noted here that there is a strong seasonal pattern in mortality in England…
Andrew McCullochFebruary 27, 2013
The chance of large power cuts – those that hit more than a million homes…
Julian ChampkinFebruary 21, 2013
I read and watched with interest the Beveridge Lecture given by Professor Danny Dorling at…
Michael MernaghFebruary 20, 2013
