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Ageing and Society
Can we age well today? Laurie Taylor explores healthy ageing and poverty in later life.
Charity Shops and Pocket Money
What do giving and spending money reveal about everyday life?
Strikes, Solidarity and South Asian Britain
Strikes, anti-racism and the fight for rights among South Asian Britons.
Rethinking Sociology: Empire, Knowledge and Connection
Rethinking sociology through empire, inequality and global connections.
Football and gambling
From grass roots and community cohesion to the costs of gambling on football games.
Ethics in sociological research
Laurie Taylor discusses the importance of research ethics from prisoners' letters to vlogs
Suicide, Society and Liveability
What shapes a life that feels worth living? How Durkheim's research is being rethought
Debt and Wealth Inequality
Living with debt - and has inequality become ingrained? Laurie Taylor hears new research.
Extreme Sports
Laurie Taylor hears about research into ultra running and women mountaineers.
The demise of Grand Theory?
Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.
