Tom Forth

North England has the same population living at the same density as North Rhine-Westphalia.

Leeds probably has too many buses.

Given its higher taxes why isn't France much richer than the UK?

An engaging and enjoyable book by Sam Bright.

Protest classifier

Yorkshire's economy has stagnated for two decades.

England has fewer empty homes than any other developed country.

North England has the same population living at the same density as The Netherlands.

England has too many homes, or too few.

People in Ilkley get just as good broadband as those in Islington, and they have more money to pay for it.'

Dispersion is better than coefficient of variation for measuring regional inequality.'

How far you can get from Birmingham and London by public transport.'

The people said they wanted new homes built on brownfield.

Do we still need elected local government?

Cars are ace.

France used to be an also-ran in tech.

What is the UK?

Medicine is often not much about cost benefit analysis.

The Republic is cool, but the force that really holds France together is pretending to be miserable.

It's never wise to admit to breaking the law, but we can imagine.

Why do Styles in Microsoft Word suck and when is Microsoft going to fix them?

Constitutional vandalism, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and politics in 2021.

Regional inequality is falling, but not everwhere.

Why measuring regional inequality is hard and sensational answers aren't sensible.

Where pupils in England get free school meals.

Working with housing data, not in Excel.

How AI is replacing SIC codes and making modern industrial strategy work.

Teaching a web server how to drink

The best app I (n)ever built and how to build more.

Why does the state keep forcing places to grow that don't want to, and what's the alternative?

We know when, where, and which buses people use in London.

What food is it worth spending more on?

Risks and opportunities of new data for innovation policy.

The CityMapper Pass proves that great innovations are rarely new, and are usually enabled by the state.

What software, hardware, and technologies do I use to do the #opendata stuff that I do.

Are homeowners who block local development the worst NIMBYs?

Real Journey Time, Real City Size, and the disappearing productivity puzzle.

Why I'm not talking about Tech for Good.

Why I'm not talking about Tech for Good.

A hard Brexit would hurt The Wellcome Trust, but it should accept that it is partly responsible.

Should governments decide what places are called?

We don't need to add more to our existing transport appraisal model, we need a simpler system altogether.

The UK government is not investing more in transport in North England than London and the Wider South East.

Why agglomeration makes us richer, and how we can win support.

North England has lower IQ than South England

Why France understands the opportunities of algorithmic decision making much more than The UK.

You cannot 'get out of London' by staying in London.

Schiphol is still the UK’s hub airport.

Brexit may finally force Britain to make better decisions.