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Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages

Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.

Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform

Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often ...

Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.

Prison gangs in US, Millionaire children

A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose ...

A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?

The colour black, Mixed-race people

Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the ...

Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the colour black.

Middle-class drug dealers, Globalisation of white collar work

Laurie Taylor discusses a study into the selling of drugs ...

Laurie Taylor discusses a study into the selling of drugs among teens in suburban America.

Arab Londoners - Migrants and British identity

Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British ...

Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British identity.

Factory music, Volunteering post-recession

Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening ...

Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.

White Working Class Boys; French Thought

White, working-class boys at school. Also, the French intellectual tradition.

The 'Precariat'; Humour in Sociology

Laurie Taylor asks if there is an emerging mass class ...

Laurie Taylor asks if there is an emerging mass class characterised by insecurity.

Lesbian Lives in Russia; Big Data

The changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of ...

The changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of Russian state communism.