Stephen Hester's bonus

What else could you buy with a bank chief's bonus? What is Stephen Hester worth - visualised.

Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/graphic/2012/jan/28/stephen-hester-bonus-graphic

Economics - UK recessions compared

The latest GDP figures released today showed that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2011. How does this recession compare to previous ones?


Source http://www.niesr.ac.uk/

Video - the joy of stats

For those of you who haven't seen it before; Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes.

The rise and fall of personal computing

The history of computing (including mobile) platforms

Source - http://www.asymco.com/2012/01/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-personal-computing/

Note this graph uses a log scale.

Economics - UK exports

Which products does the UK export and where does it export them to? 

Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/feb/24/uk-trade-exports-imports

University applications

How has the increase in tuition fees impacted on Ucas applications

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jan/04/ucas-applications-drop-tuition-fees