Andy Burnham can talk human (Odds and Ends #109)

Plus the ultimate example of Treasury Brain, and one weird trick to help Britain build

When in doubt, illustrate a newsletter with a picture of a train station. Photo by Michał Parzuchowski on Unsplash

Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen lately, plus some shorter takes.

This time I’m featuring:

• Some sobering facts about the plan to build near train stations

• The ultimate Treasury Brain case study

• Mark Carney showing Andy Burnham how to communicate

• Burnham acting like a human on camera

• This one weird trick could help Britain build tonnes more infrastructure without spending more money

• The sporting event I’ve found most compelling recently

• Some intriguing data journalism about the final tracks on albums

• And a pre-9/11 blast from the past that feels extremely weird now