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The Petite Bourgeoisie
Laurie Taylor explores the unstoppable rise of the lower middle class.
High Finance
Laurie Taylor considers the impact of the asset management industry on our everyday lives.
Fashion Re-imagined
Fashion Re-imagined: how might we create a more equitable industry?
Digital intimacy
How are algorithms transforming our relationships?
Prison Abolition
Laurie Taylor considers the radical case for ending imprisonment.
Taste and Lifestyle
Taste and Lifestyle: how consumer culture remade taste and the West Indian front room.
Dance Culture
Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the dancefloor, from the electric slide to the tango
Democracy
Democracy - what threatens or promotes it?
Poverty
Laurie Taylor explores the causes and consequences of poverty in the UK and US.
Elite Universities - Working Class Students
Elite universities and the lives of working class academics.
