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Bad leadership
This week: some notes on Sunakism; a lazy transport masterplan; and I’ve been to LibDem conference and all I got was this lousy t shirt.
Sep 27
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Autumn journal
This week: what if the problem isn’t Twitter, but humans? Also, some notes on Falmouth; and the Mid Cornwall Metro.
Sep 20
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Jonn Elledge
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The Thick of It’s Ian Martin on the trouble with Starmer
This week: I’m on holiday so it’s a guest post from the lovely and Emmy-award-winning writer Ian Martin (The Thick of It, The Death of Stalin, Veep…
Sep 13
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Jonn Elledge
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And the schools came tumbling down
This week: the most incredible graphic in Tory party history; some notes on education secretaries past; and a fantasy rail map of London.
Sep 6
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Jonn Elledge
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August 2023
The Empires Strike Back
This week: what the “midwest” and manifest destiny teach us about imperialism, and some difficulties with the word “mainland”.
Aug 30
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Jonn Elledge
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Empty classrooms
This week: Why shrinking pupil numbers could be an opportunity for schools, (and houses), and some maps showing quite how much the Elizabeth line has…
Aug 23
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This Things I Believe
It’s the silly season self-indulgence special! This week: what exactly is the soft left? And why are tube maps clickbait?
Aug 16
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Jonn Elledge
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Where did it all go wrong?
This week: the collapse of the Tory party in review; and, in an unexpected twist, I have views about cricket. Also, an interactive train map. Cool.
Aug 9
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Darkness Rising
This week: some notes on the concept of “dark ages”. But first: why do right-wing papers hate their readers?
Aug 2
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Jonn Elledge
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July 2023
On Barbie and Oppenheimer, inevitability and guilty
This week: what four decades of population shifts tell us about London and Britain. But first: Barbenheimer.
Jul 26
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Jonn Elledge
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A roundabout way to utopia
This week's guest post is from writer and broadcaster Nicky Woolf, on the utopian vision behind garden cities.
Jul 19
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Jonn Elledge
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Nick Timothy’s London and the anecdotal fallacy
Finally, something angers me enough to bang out a furious blog.
Jul 15
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Jonn Elledge
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