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Love and Romance

LOVE & ROMANCE – Laurie Taylor unpacks different conceptions of love. He’s joined by Raksha...

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of...

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Office Life

Office life: As more people return to the conventional workplace, Laurie Taylor talks to Craig...

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Cool Consumers

Cool Consumers: Laurie Taylor considers how music acquires the social connotations of “cool” &...

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The Smartphone

The Smartphone: Nearly 90 per cent of British adults now own a smartphone and ownership among...

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Culture & privilege

Culture & privilege: Governments and arts organisations claim that culture brings joy to many...

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The Changing Nature of Crime

The changing nature of crime: What do current day thieves, gangsters and dealers say about their...

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Tourism - Travel

Tourism & travel: Laurie Taylor explores their past, present and future. He's joined by the...

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Tourism - Travel

Tourism & travel: Laurie Taylor explores their past, present and future. He's joined by the...

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Tourism - Travel

Tourism & travel: Laurie Taylor explores their past, present and future. He's joined by the...

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The Handshake - Social Interaction

The handshake & social interaction. Laurie Taylor explores the history and meaning of a...

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Coalmining - luddism

Coalmining & Luddism: Laurie explores the meaning of progress, from the former pit villages of...

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Migrants in London

MIGRANTS IN LONDON: how has London been shaped by the history of immigration? Laurie Taylor talks...

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Fitness & fatness

Fitness & fatness: Laurie Taylor asks if they are two sides of the same coin. He's joined by...

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Blackface - Minstrelsy

BLACKFACE & MINSTRELSY - At its most basic level, 'blackface' is the application of any...

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Perfume

PERFUME: What’s the connection between perfume & politics in the 20th century and how do scents...

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The Rural Idyll?

The Rural Idyll? Last year the National Trust produced a controversial report which revealed...

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Life Imprisonment

Life imprisonment - Why is it that such sentences were almost unheard of a generation ago and...

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The Orange Order

The Orange Order in Northern Ireland and Scotland: Its origins, practices and principles, from...

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Community & Social Capital

Community & social capital. Laurie Taylor talks to Robert D Putnam, Malkin Research Professor of...

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