Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte

Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte

Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

In praise of being a football fan, by my colleague Simon Kuper: as.ft.com/r/349446da-4... (I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)

Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

In defence of digital ID: timharford.com/2025/10/in-d...

Sombre but also good (as always) to talk to Malcolm Gladwell - in this case, about the death penalty in the US, and what it actually takes to kill someone in a way that doesn't qualify as "cruel and unusual". timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths? timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

#TheThaumaturge was my favourite game of the past year, and this is #DragonWarriors' 40th anniversary, so here are rules for a DW Thaumaturge #RPG campaign set in early 20th century Poland. fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...

Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths? timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

Jackson & Livingstone pioneered #gamebooks with series like #Sorcery, #FabledLands kicked off the #openworld #gamebook genre, and that in turn inspired the digital adaptation of Sorcery. And now @steampowered.com has both series in a special-offer bundle. store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...

Why online dating has overpromised and underdelivered on.ft.com/49nF3cu

This is going to be v v good

Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other." More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org

Give me this machine. I want this machine. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/order-2

I did a little chapbook of severed-head creepiness for #Halloween. #ttrpg #horror #bestiary amzn.to/48zA8oK

I'm delighted to be able to say that Cautionary Tales has won not one but THREE Signal awards. History Podcast: GOLD Music / Score: GOLD Sound Design: SILVER (This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.) Hurrah!

Are the UK's problems caused by immigration? Don't think so. Here I channel the spirit of, of all people, the great Age of Enlightenment explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt, on whom I am forming quite a crush... timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

We keep being told "there are no silver bullets". Nonsense. There are plenty of silver bullets. If they're not working as well as you hoped, perhaps you're not shooting at a werewolf. on.ft.com/42JHpyB

The Canal, the Crash, and the Ketamine - I join forces with other Pushkin Industries podcasts for a REIGN OF ERROR timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

The Canal, the Crash, and the Ketamine - I join forces with other Pushkin Industries podcasts for a REIGN OF ERROR timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Are the UK's problems caused by immigration? Don't think so. Here I channel the spirit of, of all people, the great Age of Enlightenment explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt, on whom I am forming quite a crush... timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

We keep being told "there are no silver bullets". Nonsense. There are plenty of silver bullets. If they're not working as well as you hoped, perhaps you're not shooting at a werewolf. on.ft.com/42JHpyB

Here at Alphaville we like writing about weird, surprisingly big or influential-in-an-interesting-way companies, eg Valve www.ft.com/content/f4a1... or Games Workshop www.ft.com/content/3692.... But what other odd companies/industries deserve a deep dive? Open to ideas.

For those who have been asking where to contribute - thank you. Link below.

Cautionary Club release has dropped! "Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?" timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Cautionary Club release has dropped! "Can You Make A Sherman Tank Float?" timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

"Morris gives an arch nod to #BladeRunner too." More than one, if I remember rightly. #Frankenstein www.bsecs.org.uk/criticks-rev...

Great fun at the Oxford Half today - and a good warm-up for the London Marathon. Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link: www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...

Great fun at the Oxford Half today - and a good warm-up for the London Marathon. Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link: www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...

The relentless rule of my fitness tracker timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

Cautionary Tales - Schrodinger's Spy timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

The relentless rule of my fitness tracker timharford.com/2025/10/the-...

Should we put a high price on work visas? on.ft.com/4h5VqMQ

This is your last chance to vote for Pascal Wyse and his incredible, immersive, quirky, funny sound design on #CautionaryTalesPod... vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Please send him (and us) your support!

Should we put a high price on work visas? on.ft.com/4h5VqMQ

This is your last chance to vote for Pascal Wyse and his incredible, immersive, quirky, funny sound design on #CautionaryTalesPod... vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Please send him (and us) your support!

New York billboards are advertising Cautionary Tales! Wow. (I think this is Patreon's way of showing some love for my favourite podcast... www.patreon.com/c/Cautionary...)

Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King's Table (Cautionary Tales) timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

Loved the conversation between Brian Eno and Ezra Klein. One of the rare skills Eno has is to discuss potentially-pretentious topics with neither a trace of pretension nor a trace of post-modern irony. He says insightful things in a straightforward way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...

Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King's Table (Cautionary Tales) timharford.com/2025/10/caut...

The economics profession is almost united in calling for major reforms to UK property tax fast. They’re badly misguided Think twice before rushing to fix the UK’s broken property taxes on.ft.com/48FYT2s

If AI lifts off, will living standards follow? timharford.com/2025/10/if-a...

In defence of digital ID on.ft.com/4874sXx