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An incomplete list of things which failed British Prime Minister Liz Truss blames, hates or has threatened to abolish
Also this week: on the sociopathy of nations; on my grandfather, Wally; and an interactive map of British place names.
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Questions of appetite
This week: some thoughts on the British cuisine debate, some further notes on further Channel Islands, and what the hell’s a primate city?
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295 Days Gone
This is how it feels to go on without you.
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Main character syndrome
This week: it’s not all about you, Prime Minister. Also, an official and objective ranking of London underground/overground line names; and my new…
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March 2024

British waters
On the confusing habit of some cities to claim unexpected bits of river, estuary or sea.
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Green shoots, and lack thereof
This week – so is £100,000 a lot of money or what? Also, the time some northerners nearly went to war over the date of Easter; and I get a bit ranty…
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We’re all looking for the guy who did this
This week: who’s to blame for the housing crisis? Also: some more notes on street numbering; and a map of English and Welsh cultural regions.
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Book Club: 1970, the first great British polling disaster
An extract from Mark Pack’s Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls.
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Royal absurdities and evil uncles
This week: why is Kate Middleton like the Princes in the Tower? (No, not that.) Also what’s the deal with the Channel Islands? And a map of Tory failure…
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Don’t Look Up
This week: why aren’t we talking about the looming Torypocalypse? Plus some graphs of city densities; and the many defenestrations of Prague.
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The story of Cromartyshire, Scotland’s stupidest county
The shattered plate.
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February 2024

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