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…and One Step Back
This week: it’s midnight in America. Also: some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations; and a nifty bus-tracking tool for the north of…
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Show Me The Money
This week: a proposed fix for misleading job ads. Also: some Google-style historical maps; and some baffling pizza toppings.
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Imagined Realities
This week: the British right follow Elon down the rabbit hole; when London built a bypass for cows; and the real, sort of, unicorn.
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Flotsam and Jetsam
Some things to tide you over.
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December 2024

Twixtmas Bonus: Actual Video Footage of Me Talking Trains With James O'Malley
On the fourth day of Christmas, my Substack gave to me / Jonn Elledge's massive face
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It’s Chrissssssssstmaaaaaaaas!
This yuletide: some notable Christmases, the true meaning of George Michael, and an attempt to map Santa’s journey.
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My Much Anticipated 2024 Books of the Year Newsletter
Also this week: some notes on reindeer. But first: what is Keir Starmer playing at?
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47 Facts from A History of the World in 47 Borders
Just in case you happen to be buying any books for loved ones and so forth…
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A History of Conspiracy Theories, With Jokes
This week: nine key dates in the history of conspiracism. Plus, YouGov has been asking Londoners stupid questions about the Tube again.
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Book Club: The cleverest half-naked female duellist/mathematician in pre-revolutionary France
Émilie du Châtelet cares not for your social mores, and will fight you in her underwear to prove it: an extract from Katie Spalding’s ‘The Limits of…
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The Stormy Present
This week: Joe Biden the father wins out over Joe Biden the politician, and the mystery of outer London’s strange white posts. Plus, a philosophical…
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November 2024

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