The long history of using maps to hold water companies to account
James Cheshire, UCL Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers a...
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Next slide please: what’s wrong with the UK government’s coronavirus charts
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” If you watched the UK government’s COVID-19 briefing to announce and England-wide lockdown, you might have been remi...
Why eye-catching graphics are vital for getting to grips with climate change
The power of maps lies in their ability to show us simultaneously that as global average temperatures rise, local conditions threaten to become ever more extrem...
Maptastic: How map makers will win the 2020 US election
Here’s a video I filmed with the Financial Times to help explain the importance of gerrymandering to the outcomes of elections.
The Power of Print
Cross-posted from London: The Information Capital’s website London’s maps are special. They were drawn by pioneers such as Charles Booth, who revealed the full ...