Have a break, have a KitKat — Throughout January, millions of people will be making New Year’s Resolutions to start something new or cut back on their favourite indulgences Only 46% of people who made a resolution report that they successfully achieve it, although this is still a lot of people making a change in their lives…

LGBT stats that just make censes — The LGBTQ+ community has always been, and will always be, an ever-present part of society, but it is only a more recent trend to start recording this community And this is what Britain started doing in its 2021 census, when it asked about respondents gender identity and sexual orientation Over…

You’re not laughing now… — There’s been a lot of talk about footballing legends recently We’ve witnessed the crowning achievement of the Messi era at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Mbappé trying to steal the show in the final and Pele’s recent passing However, a 22-year old Striker from Man City looks to be laying…

I hope you enjoy this 4 minute-long present — Christmas has been celebrated as a religious festival since 350AD when Pope Julius I officially marked Christmas Day as 25th December Around the world, 2 billion people (or a 3rd of the World’s population) will be celebrating Christmas, either officially or unofficially (there are 14 countries where celebrating Christmas is…

FIFA’s experiment produces a thrilling finale — Warning: this article contains spoilers for anyone who hasn’t yet seen the result of the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between France and Argentina, or any result earlier in the competition Congratulations to Argentina who have won their 3rd men’s World Cup, beating France on penalties following an exhilarating 3–3…

Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? — Some of the first snow of winter is arriving in the UK, and we’re blessed to be one of the places in the world which benefit from beautiful snowy scenes most winters Snow is solid precipitation that forms as ice crystals when temperatures are close to or below freezing. The…

Have you been enumerated? — Britain has released the latest batch of data from its 2021 census, including information on the proportion of the population that falls into certain ethnic and religious group (I won’t comment on the controversy around Nigel Farage) Population surveys of some form have been around for a long time, but…

Here’s some stats on who’s got out of there — This weekend marks the finale of the UK’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The UK edition is the original version of the show, where a cast of British celebrities complete bushtucker trials to earn food for their camp This season, it is being hosted back in Australia…

So many people! — A new world record was set this week, and it truly was a WORLD record, with the Earth’s population reaching 8 billion people For most of time, the number of people on the planet rose exponentially, but this may not continue forever How quickly has Earth’s population grown? The world’s population has been increasing at a…