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Alex Selby-Boothroyd
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Head of data journalism at The Economist
There's nothing like a confident idiot...
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The works on display are eclectic to say the least
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Went to the V&A East Storehouse with its innovative (and vertiginous) vertical viewing system
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This 3D cholera map now comes with an anatomically correct handle that can be reattached, although this is not advisable

3dartmaps.etsy.com/listing/4300...
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Roughly 35m adults in the UK regularly take part in a pub quiz. Really?
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Liar
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I can neither confirm nor deny that we used QLIS rather than QGIS for this map

www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There are some lovely maps in tomorrow's edition of The Economist, which features our annual World Ahead pullout

www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My grandad, who apparently had it goin' on
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump's $1bn lawsuit could cost every BBC licence payer £33.27—the equivalent of about three pints in London, or two days of health insurance for the average American
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hoping these will last another three years
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The kid turned 16 today, which seems unconscionable
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The piece mentions the three attempts on Adolphe Sax's life by rival instrument makers, but not the frankly absurd number of times he almost died as a child
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I worked it out
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Which one of these was Robertson guilty of?
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thousands of these lil guys have sprung up in my garden. Pretty soon there won't be... a lot of space for anything else (please admire my pun restraint)
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Page 17 of The Mirror v page 18. Spot the deference
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These Tureen tests are getting crazy
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Big decision for my mum in the newsagents today
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The other winner of Celebrity Traitors
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I set today's cryptic crossword for The Economist. Glad to get 2d out into the ether (that's a clue)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New "land doesn't vote" just dropped
www.economist.com/united-state...
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM