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Lap dancing - Climate change
Rachela Colosi tells Laurie about her detailed ethnography of a lap dancing club.
Physiognomy and Teenage music
Do facial features indicate moral character? Laurie explores the culture of physiognomy.
Niall Ferguson on financier Siegmund Warburg
Niall Ferguson tells Laurie Taylor about his new book on financier Siegmund Warburg.
Subcultures
Girly pop and heavy metal: Laurie Taylor visits a university conference on sub-cultures.
Social Capital
Is the buzz phrase 'social capital' a big mistake? Also, what it means to be a twin.
Fanaticism
Fanaticism: use and abuse of a wild idea. Laurie Taylor talks to John Gray.
09/06/2010
The changing way we commemorate the dead: a study of the war in Afghanistan.
02/06/2010
Laurie Taylor explores the relationship of language to culture with AC Grayling.
26/05/2010
Has black music declined? Laurie Taylor discusses with Paul Gilroy and Caspar Melville.
19/05/2010
New research revealing the rifts and resentment created by researching family history.
