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GDP, Mali music
GDP - what are its limits? Also, the music of Mali.
Politics and Emotion
The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.
The New Economy
Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.
The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in schools
Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.
The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in Schools
Christmas Television
Christmas television - an exploration of a very British tradition.
Working-class actors, Class and classical music
Working-class actors, Class and classical music.
The Housing Crisis, Squatting in Amsterdam
The housing crisis. Also, squatting in Amsterdam.
The sensory landscape of the city
The scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of city life.
Police culture
Police culture and socialisation - how has it changed?
Countercultural seekers, Slum tourism
Countercultural seekers on the road to Kathmandu and slum tourism in Mumbai.
Countercultural seekers/ slum tourism.
Counter cultural seekers and meaning of the hippy trail. Also, slum tourism in Mumbai.
Stigma
Stigma - an old sociological concept revisited and recast for the 21st century.
Populism
Are populist politics on the rise?
A Valentine Day's special
A Valentine Day's Special programme exploring infidelity and the history of rings.
Artisanal food - Natural foods
Artisanal and natural foods.
The White Working Class.
The white working class - is there a 'left-behind'?
Women and democracy - the language of power
Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.
Racial inequality now, Women and political language
Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.
Sacrifice
Sacrifice - from Christ's crucifixion to Salafi jihadist suicide bombers.
Dating at university, Online dating
Hook-up culture: dating at university. Also, how online dating has changed our world.
Mixed-race families
When is mixed-race heritage passed down to the next generation and when is it not?
Ethnography Award Shortlist 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award 2018.
Winner of 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award
The winner of the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award.
Menswear Revolution
Menswear revolution - the changes in men's clothes over time.
Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income - could it work?
The Internet and Democracy
Laurie Taylor analyses the social and political consequences of our digitised world.
Marx and Marxism
Marx and Marxism revisited.
Law and Order
Law and Order: the drama series revisited 40 years later.
Business Schools
Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments.
Size Discrimination
Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.