In commenting on a map produced by Dorling showing the North-South divide in the United Kingdom,[REF] Simon Jenkins jokingly described Dorling as "geographer royal by appointment to the left" [REF].
In February 2006, his work in human geography was described as "rummaging around" in numbers, crunching his way through reams of raw data, building up an extraordinary picture of poverty and wealth in contemporary Britain [REF].