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Anonymity - Self-creation
Laurie Taylor explores hidden and crafted identities.
Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett: A conversation with a leading cultural and social thinker.
Garden Utopias
Garden Utopias: from the suburban privet hedge to guerrilla gardening.
Opioids
Opioids in the US and UK: from illicit drug heroin to pharmaceutical drugs.
The politics of the body
The politics of the body: movement and posture.
The swimming pool
The swimming pool: its iconic role in our society and culture. Also, pool etiquette.
Shopping
From the rise of the mall, to the closure of shops during Covid.
The British Elite
Who runs Britain today? Are they a conservative chumocracy or a different kind of elite?
Coffee Culture
Hipster baristas in Philadelphia and Chinese-run espresso bars in Italy.
Medical Icons
Medical revolutions that transformed out relationship to our bodies and the world.
