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  1. 24/06/2026

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life

  2. 17/06/2026

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

  3. 10/06/2026

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

  4. Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes

    Tim Harford investigates migration and housing, Welsh literacy, and bond market drama.

  5. Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?

    Tim Harford explores healthy life expectancy, HS2 costs, VAT cuts and his marathon time.

  6. Are refugees more likely to commit crime?

    Asylum seekers and crime, nuclear fish, the Quiet Revival and Sir David Attenborough.

  7. Can you get £71,000 on benefits?

    Tim Harford investigates benefits, church attacks, saunas and marathon running.

  8. How close is Greenland to the United States?

    Tim Harford investigates Greenland maps, climate costs, house prices and Traitors maths

  9. Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT?

    Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers

  11. Numbers of the Year 2025

    A plethora of interesting numbers you may not know about.

  12. Were there really Three Wise Men?

    From counting people to measuring housework - we explore.

  13. Do we really have ‘superflu’?

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

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

    Farm tax, ADHD benefits, Movember claim and Tim’s marathon.

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

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

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

    Trump’s peace deals, Labour’s GDP claim and university league tables

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  21. Is the UK seeing a Christian revival?

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

  22. Why is data on grooming gangs so bad?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  26. The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula

    Also, counting bobbies, freezing tax and electrocuting redheads

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

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

  28. Could a 2% wealth tax raise £24bn?

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

  29. Why are more people claiming disability benefits?

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

  30. How did lockdown impact children?

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

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