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Package holidays and 'authentic' travel
Package holidays and ‘authentic’ travel: Laurie Taylor on the origins of budget tourism.
Shopping
The history of the high street. Also, dreams of consumption.
Ballroom dancing
Ballroom dancing: its social history and sexual politics.
Wealth - Plutocratic London
Plutocratic London and dynastic wealth.
Covid and change
Covid: how has it changed our economy and home lives?
Workplace Misbehaviour
Workplace misbehaviour: how has it changed over the years?
Psychiatry: a social history
Psychiatry: Laurie Taylor explores the history of modern psychiatric practice.
Prison Protest
Prison protest: from riots to hunger strikes.
Footwear
Footwear: the 'magic' and the material reality.
Strongmen
Strongmen: what accounts for the global rise of authoritarian leaders?