The Kevin Bacon game

I admit I have played this game once or twice but here is a link to a BBC article on the serious maths behind six degrees of separation.

A picture of Britain

The Office for National Statistics published its annual portrait of Britain today, its Social Trends survey. It paints a detailed picture of the way in which we live our lives in modern Britain.The headlines are easily digestible here in this BBC article. If you were to just read the article you might never appreciate just what comprehensive view of this country the report is. The number of statistics that have been collected, analysed and interpreted here is mammoth.