<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://www.remain-silent.com/cm/kewlstuff/royalrecep_numbers_food.gif" alt="royal wedding reception data" width="450" height="203" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">image via <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13248642">bbc.co.uk</a></span></p>

Lately there's been a lot of chat and brainstorming about data visualisation going on for my 9-5, so it's only apropriate that I was drawn to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13248642">this</a> article posted on the BBC website this weekend representing the stats of the royal wedding in visual form.

I won't go into any detail about the Royal wedding, I'm sure you will agree that while it was lovely it has been covered quite thoroughly in the media and blogosphere alike. What do you think of the fun way the reception data has been visualised above? I find it simple yet very effective for all and anyone to understand - my head does spin in wonderment at the thought of 10,000 canapes though!!

<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I have the day off work so there won't be any more posts on the blog today - but feel free to follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/cravenmavenblog">twitter</a> for food chit chat, special hashtag  <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/cravendayoff">#cravendayoff</a> !</span></p>