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My polemic in Nature on probability has attracted some attention nature.com/articles/d4158… - you should be able to download from here rdcu.be/d41qA

Our Director General Ed Humpherson and co author Simon Baugh head Government Communication Service talk about growing public trust in statistics through collaborative communication and intelligent transparency in a blog released today on the Analysis Function website👇 analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/growing-p…

Really fed up with ITV News. I did a pre-recorded interview in which I expressed strong scepticism about the 'coffee only good in the morning' story. But they cut all that out, leaving me apparently supporting their credulous story. I really should not be so naive.

Please nominate yourself or others for this Prize - vitally important to encourage trustworthy communication!

Here is the link for entries for the Harding Prize wintoncentre.github.io/harding-prize/

I gave evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry yesterday - transcript and witness statements here thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/hearing/week-1… Some coverage bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Did a nice podcast with Abhishek from Mumbai podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the…

Part of our series of blogs examining topics in the proposed refreshed Code of Practice for Statistics David Spiegelhalter from Cambridge University reflects on his experiences in the Infected Blood Inquiry and importance of transparency around statistical uncertainty 👇osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/blog/lessons-i…

Tonight's livestream 💻 Life is the result of an unforeseen and unforeseeable sequence of occurrences. But is this chain of events random – or just complex? Join David Spiegelhalter as he demonstrates how we can use statistics to navigate the uncertainty of life. rigb.org/whats-on/disco…

excellent new population projection tool from ONS - put in your assumptions and watch the population pyramid stop looking like a pyramid! ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

This series on risk by Lucy Easthope seems rather good (and not just because I feature). Recommended listening bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Of course this is Professor Lucy Easthope !

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Just too proud of a certain Rosie Spiegelhalter (@spiegelton) who is exhibiting some of her embroidery at the top show by the Broderer's Company broderers-exhibition.co.uk/yinyang/

nominations close on friday! Any more entries for this great competition?

I had fun doing an interview for BBC Science Focus Instant Genius podcast youtube.com/watch?v=ownnsY…

In uncertain times....

A sad coincidence. 8.32 am om March 10, Health and Safety Executive send e-bulletin warning of risks of collision with fixed objects by distracted navigators hse.gov.uk/safetybulletin… An hour later at 9.48 am, cargo ship rams anchored tanker in North Sea bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I've been really enjoying the Past, Present, Future series on revolutions, and then I was asked to be in one myself! So here I am discussing the Bayesian revolution - 250 years old and still going strong ppfideas.com

nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/make-… Fun but challenging to compress a whole book (The Art of Uncertainty) into a 10-minute talk. Hope I got some main points over