SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson SA Mathieson Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:41:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The biggest council CCTV spenders per resident: Westminster… then Tamworth http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/biggest-council-cctv-spenders-per-resident-westminster-tamworth/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/biggest-council-cctv-spenders-per-resident-westminster-tamworth/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:55:29 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/?p=507

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Big Brother Watch’s newly-released data on £515m of council CCTV spending between 2007 and 2011 (covered by my colleague Sade Laja on Guardian Government Computing) is even more interesting when combined with population numbers. Obviously, camera spending per capita is … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/biggest-council-cctv-spenders-per-resident-westminster-tamworth/feed/ 0 Oxbridge applications mapped: London and the south east dominate http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/oxbridge-applications-mapped-london-and-the-south-east-dominate/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/oxbridge-applications-mapped-london-and-the-south-east-dominate/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:21:30 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/?p=476

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Red: constituencies with more than 100 Oxbridge applications in 2011. Pink: 75-99 Oxbridge applicants. Yellow: 50-74 applicants. Green: 25-49 applicants. Blue: 24 applicants or fewer. Click on a dot for rank and number of applicants from that constituency. Where do … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/oxbridge-applications-mapped-london-and-the-south-east-dominate/feed/ 0 Blackpool vs Scheveningen: which is the better fun, if slightly faded, seaside resort? http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/blackpool-vs-scheveningen-which-is-the-better-fun-if-slightly-faded-seaside-resort/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/blackpool-vs-scheveningen-which-is-the-better-fun-if-slightly-faded-seaside-resort/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:34 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/?p=398

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Both Britain’s Blackpool and the Netherlands’ Scheveningen are seaside resorts that, though they may have seen better days, are lots of fun. And they have a lot in common: trams, piers, cheap tat… but which is better? Beaches: Blackpool has … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/blackpool-vs-scheveningen-which-is-the-better-fun-if-slightly-faded-seaside-resort/feed/ 0 Brumspotting: how to see Birmingham (and Coventry) from the Cotswolds http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/brumspotting-how-to-see-birmingham-and-coventry-from-the-cotswolds/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/brumspotting-how-to-see-birmingham-and-coventry-from-the-cotswolds/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:48:37 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/wordpress/?p=284

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For each pair of pictures, the one on the left is a wide view from a viewpoint with an arrow pointing to the city, the one in the right is a Brum-hanced (or Cov-hanced) close-up. Click on any image for … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/brumspotting-how-to-see-birmingham-and-coventry-from-the-cotswolds/feed/ 0 Smart move: use of health smartcards in EU countries http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/smart-move-use-of-health-smartcards-in-eu-countries/ http://www.quintessential.org.uk/sa-mathieson/smart-move-use-of-health-smartcards-in-eu-countries/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:50:46 +0000 SA Mathieson http://www.quintessential.org.uk/wordpress/?p=182

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First published in Health Service Journal, 8 September 2005 Across continental Europe, patients visiting a doctor take a plastic card to prove their entitlement to healthcare. Increasingly, these cards hold a microchip allowing payments for treatment to be processed and … Continue reading →

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