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Rugby - Magic
Laurie Taylor re-appraises Rugby with Tony Collins and Dr Dominic Malcolm.
The Politics of Climate Change - New Capitalism?
Laurie investigates the politics of climate change & whether there is now a new capitalism
Communism as a Religion - Cultural Capitalism
Laurie Taylor discusses what is being called the re-Stalinisation of Russia.
Picturing the Social Order
Laurie Taylor sees an exhibition on how artists have represented social order through time
Biometric Security - Ethnographer's Dilemma
Laurie Taylor explores the history of biometrics.
History of Murder - Scottish Conservatives
From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder.
Suicide - The Midriff
Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Simone about her study of the families of suicide victims.
Architecture and Living - Class Endures
Laurie Taylor asks if the buildings built today cater for modern life.
Segregation - Mizrahi Jews
Laurie Taylor hears of new research which counters contemporary fears about immigration.
Slumming
Slumming: how whites' wild times in America's black areas changed sex and politics forever
Betting Shops - Women on the Line
Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses.
British Constitution - Anciet Rome and Modern America
Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US?
Human Zoos - Girl Racers
Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.
Potatoes - Leisure Pleasure
Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.
Geopolitics and Empire - Romani Culture
Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.
Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Lesbian Motherhood
Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause
Darwin and Modernity - Female Voyeurism as Sex Torism in Thailand
With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?
Equal Societies - Teddy Bears
Is an unequal society bad for your health?
Black Girls and British Education - Roads
Why black girls succeed and fail in education?
Cervantes Don Quixote - Cultural Hybridity
Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?
Islamic Movement in Turkey - Fair Access to Work
How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.
The British Bobby - Scottish Diaspora
Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.
Personal Insecurity and Religious Belief - Oxford Admissions
Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research.
Richard Hoggart
Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart.
Return Migration - Pensioners and Identity Politics
Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration.
Boffins - WWI Emotions
Can children be both clever and popular in school? Laurie explores the role of class swot.
Restorative Justice in N.I - RG Collingwood
The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland.
Acquaintance - Tea Rooms
Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances.
Criminal Communication - Scandal
Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication.
Punishing the Poor
Sociologist Loic Wacquant discusses the consequences of a growing US prison system.
Modern-day Grave Goods - Politics of Alcohol
Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.