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Cool
The origins & meaning of 'cool'
Immortality - transhumanism
Immortality and transhumanism
Disasters
Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans.
Time
Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years?
Thrift
Thrift and austerity
Black music cultures in London
Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?
The Religious Right in the US
The religious right in the US - an exploration of their route to power.
Borders
Borders: from Calais to Mexico.
Hidden gay lives
Hidden gay lives, from Polari to true crime stories.
Nudity
Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning.
Water
Water: a cultural as well as a natural substance.
Loss
Loss - an exploration of different forms of lost experience.
Citizenship
Citizenship - from schools to the process by which immigrants become British citizens.
Loneliness
Loneliness - is it a uniquely modern emotion?
Kidnap
Kidnap for ransom, past and present.
Trust in a time of pandemic
Trust in a time of pandemic.
Blood
Blood - its many meanings.
Finance
Traders and finance.
Rummage - Waste
Rummage & waste: a social history of recycling and an examination of the meaning of waste.
Ignorance
Strategic ignorance and knowledge resistance.
Bunkers
Bunkers: building for doomsday.
Cars
Cars: How do cars transmit our identities behind the wheel?
Elites
Elites: Why has anti-elitism become such a common stable of media and political rhetoric?
REVOLUTION
Revolution: Must all radical upheavals in the social and political order end in tragedy?
Fashion & VIP Parties
Fashion & VIP parties - the hidden stories behind the glamour and wealth.
The Rich
The Rich in London. Also, global attitudes towards the wealthy.
Civilians in the line of fire
Civilians in the line of fire.
CORRUPTION
Corruption - what is it and how can it be tackled?
DEPORTATION
Deportation - from the UK to the US.
GAMBLING
Gambling: Who are the winners and losers?
TEA
Tea: A dark history of Britain's favourite beverage.
