Quantifying Londoners change in fitness habits during lockdown

With people being urged to stay at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, gyms closed, and social distancing measures in place, it’s safe to say that fitness and workout trends have changed along with other aspects of daily life. Using data from Twitter, we set out to investigate the popularity of certain fitness related keywords, before…

Quantifying Londoners discontent towards Tube strikes using NLP

Tube strikes are an unavoidable part of the London life for better or worse, and back on Monday 9th of January 2017 most Zone 1 Tube stations were closed due to strike action. For those who used the underground as a part of their daily commute this undoubtedly led to issues with getting into work,…