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  1. 21/01/2026

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life.

  2. 14/01/2026

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life.

  4. Numbers of the Year 2025

    A plethora of interesting numbers you may not know about.

  5. Were there really Three Wise Men?

    From counting people to measuring housework - we explore.

  6. Do we really have 鈥榮uperflu鈥�?

    The NHS is warning of an unprecedented flu season - we check.

  7. Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD?

    Farm tax, ADHD benefits, Movember claim and Tim鈥檚 marathon.

  8. Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax?

    UK benefits, Zack Polanski鈥檚 billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews.

  9. Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars?

    Trump鈥檚 peace deals, Labour鈥檚 GDP claim and university league tables

  10. Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit?

    Migrant returns, ageing mistakes, beef prices and AI MP speeches.

  11. Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled?

    Out-of-work benefits, French pensioners, surprising salmon and the truth about senses.

  12. Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences?

    National debt, Afghan crime, menopause retirement and literal snail pace.

  13. Can drinking one less bottle of coke a day halve obesity?

    Plus, the UK鈥檚 expensive electricity, church counts and babies in the City of London.

  14. Is the UK seeing a Christian revival?

    Plus: PIP claims, immigrant returns and spotting golf balls on the moon.

  15. Why is data on grooming gangs so bad?

    Plus, nuclear enrichment numbers, Curtice on Curtis and Viking economics.

  16. Are 4% of young women in the UK on OnlyFans?

    Plus, asylum seeker hotel bill, Scottish water use and 1950s childcare claim.

  17. How do you make something 10-times more lethal?

    Plus, the Sycamore Gap tree, pensioner-worker ratios and yoga v fishers.

  18. Does the average American have fewer than three friends?

    Plus, skilled migrants, preventing Alzheimer鈥檚 and Robert Prevost on God and probability.

  19. The mistake in Trump鈥檚 tariff formula

    Also, counting bobbies, freezing tax and electrocuting redheads

  20. Is one in four people in the UK disabled?

    Plus, what has Canada done to Donald Trump? Is Rachel Reeves chasing the model?

  21. Could a 2% wealth tax raise 拢24bn?

    Plus, did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing?

  22. Why are more people claiming disability benefits?

    Plus, UK v Russia on free speech and the collapse of the Labour Force Survey.

  23. How did lockdown impact children?

    Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.

  24. DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

    Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.

  25. Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths

    The numbers behind Ukraine鈥檚 rare earth worth and the UK鈥檚 defence spending ambitions.

  26. Are older drivers more dangerous?

    Plus, winter fuel deaths, prison sentence maths and leaves on railway tracks.

  27. Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

    Plus: MP capital gains claims and grizzly bear berry habits.

  28. When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?

    Plus: the taxes of 60 very rich people, water bill spreadsheets, and is 0 a small number?

  29. Should the government target persnuffle?

    Plus, childhood obesity, birds hitting windows and Sir David Spiegelhalter鈥檚 origin story.

  30. How do you breed seventeen octillion rats?

    Plus, GPs working less, the UK working less, and Wetherspoons wanting to pay less tax.

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