Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now
The High-life and the Row-life
Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.
Rubbish - Civil Partnerships
Rubbish society: the social impact of waste.
Steeltown - Life after Burberry
Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns.
Culinary Culture and Globalisation - Dignity
With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity.
Home at RIBA
What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life.
Private military security; whisky tourism
Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'.
Boxing styles UK vs US - Why nations fail
Why Nations Fail. Plus boxing, UK and US style.
Ambient religion - Poverty and social work
Ambient faith and social work, and poverty between the wars. Presented by Laurie Taylor.
22/02/2012
Laurie talks to Stefan Collini about the point of universities.
Citizens without Frontiers - Monogamy in men
New research on men and monogamy. Plus, citizens without frontiers.