Nov 28, 2022 | Stories
Kantar recently published TGI figures reporting that 65% of GB adults have played either Lotto, Euromillions or scratchcards in the last 12 months – up from 55% in 2019. Perhaps the pandemic contributed to this, with a dabble on the lottery a welcome distraction from...
Oct 7, 2022 | Stories
As winter approaches, with fuel bills and inflationary pressures endangering the lives of the old and poor, the UK government should rightly be concerned to provide relevant advice and help. However, governments have not always been certain about how to do this. Back...
Jul 11, 2022 | Stories
Alternative funding methods for the BBC have been discussed for years. Back in the 1980s, many viewers considered advertising an acceptable option. A collection of papers from the BBC, recently added to the Archive of Market and Social Research, suggests that over 30...
Jun 2, 2022 | Stories
Newspapers regularly report the affection that the majority of the British public have for the Queen. What do past polls say? The NOP Political Bulletin of November 1969 contained a special supplement entitled The Monarchy. It revealed that 84% of the population...
Jan 10, 2022 | Stories
Vegetarianism has come a long way since the 1990s, as this exploration of the Archive of Market and Social Research shows. Nowadays, famous chefs offer recipes for delicious vegetarian Christmas dishes (e.g. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s ‘Fab feast for vegan and...
Oct 26, 2021 | Stories
The latest advice seems to be that, at present, it is unlikely to be worth trying to switch gas and electricity suppliers at least until prices have stabilised. In fact, TGI data from the Archive suggest that switching has never been a top priority for consumers; also...
