Quick Hits

Quick Update

I just wanted to pass along a quick update, because the performance of the site might be spotty over the next week or so. I see the traffic figures and newsletter subscriber numbers growing quickly,

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Bad at math

Columnist Lucy Kellaway has a story in today’s Financial Times about the sad lack of math skills in Britain. She pointed to an awkward and uncomfortable moment last week when the UK’s shadow Home Secretary,

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S-Town tells us about ourselves

I finally finished S-Town this afternoon, a podcast released on March 28 by the makers of This American Life and the smash hit Serial. S-Town, short for “Shit Town”, is set in a small town

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