Platinum Jubilee – have we always loved the royals?
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...
How far has vegetarianism come since 1990?
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...
COP26 and the history of British attitudes to environment
(Article updated October 2021) A recent (October 2020) poll by YouGov found 67% of the British public want Britain to be a world leader on environmental issues. And in February this year, YouGov also found that 75% thought climate change was the result of human...