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Astronomy
Which planet is closest to Earth?
The BBC’s Sky at Night programme said our nearest neighbour is Mars but one viewer disagreed. Was he right? Let’s find the answer using Python and R
Data visualisation
The rise and fall in support for British political parties
How the distribution of the popular vote has been shared between Britain’s main political parties since the 1950s
Blog
2017 in review
A look back at last year’s books, podcasts, video games, and more
Suburban freedom
Access denied: using the Glasgow Subway by wheelchair
The subway can be the quickest way to get around a city. Unless you’re in a wheelchair
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Maps
Maps
What if it were our city?
What impact would the Fat Man atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, have on modern-day Reykjavík?
Maps
The Age of Greater Reykjavík
The age of buildings in Iceland’s capital city, dating back to the 18th century
Maps
Map of child poverty in England, Scotland, and Wales
District-level data from the Campaign to End Child Poverty
Maps
Shaded relief map of Iceland
What would Iceland look like if we could only see the shadows of its mountains?
Maps
The Counted in southern California
People killed by police and other law enforcement agencies in and around Los Angeles
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Podcast
North Atlantic Radio was a sixteen-episode podcast on the subject of the Web that ran from May 2009 until September 2010
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Travelogue
In 2005 and 2007 I wrote two short accounts of my travels around North and South America
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Flother is the online home of Matt Riggott, a professional programmer and amateur map-maker living in Reykjavík, Iceland.