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The British Bobby - Scottish Diaspora
Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.

Islamic Movement in Turkey - Fair Access to Work
How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.

Cervantes Don Quixote - Cultural Hybridity
Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?

Black Girls and British Education - Roads
Why black girls succeed and fail in education?

Equal Societies - Teddy Bears
Is an unequal society bad for your health?

Darwin and Modernity - Female Voyeurism as Sex Torism in Thailand
With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?

Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Lesbian Motherhood
Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause

Geopolitics and Empire - Romani Culture
Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.

Potatoes - Leisure Pleasure
Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.

Human Zoos - Girl Racers
Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.