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How do we know what 21 degrees C means?
An extract from James Vincent’s Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement.
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Epistemological nightmares
This week: some number crunching on UK electoral history, some notes on a list of lists of lists, and, finally, that new rail map of Birmingham.
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The big issue
This week: the housing election looms at last. Also: some notes on Australia’s big things, and a map of British cities by popularity.
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A short history of the borders of Eurovision
Never mind the music, here’s a map.
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Measure for Measure, Step by Step
This week: why the local election results show Labour is still comfortably headed for government. Also, some curious notes on the history of…
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Locals and imperials
This week: the local elections are finally here, oh joy, oh rapture. Also: some notes on extremely big empires, and a map of an extremely populated…
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April 2023
Cold grey rivers and wine-dark seas
This week: how the home of London’s government tells a story of national decline; why the poet Homer couldn’t see the colour blue; and the curse of…
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Meanwhile, in Rishi Sunak’s head
Also this week: a map of Europe’s built up areas; and I take a trip to Luton Airport, just to show that I can.
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The Streisand Effect
Also this week: how many colours can a metro map have? And a gif of the absurdity of English government.
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The trouble with “failing”
This week: the true meaning, and lack thereof, of “failing organisation”; a new, old way of looking at history; and one of the most baffling maps of…
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March 2023
Whisper it, but Labour is still on course for majority government
Caution, meet wind. Also this week: an extremely short history of Washington DC.
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Orange blossoms
On the proposed naming of the London Overground lines.
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