Aug 6, 2023 | Stories
An Ashes series between England and Australia is for many cricket fans as good as it gets. But the sport’s administrators and followers are concerned about its future. [This article was updated in August 2025 – click here to read the latest version] This isn’t...
Jun 26, 2023 | News
Archives exist to keep things safe – but not secret On a hot summer evening we gathered on the stylish top floor of King’s College in Bush House by kind permission of the Policy Institute. There was food and drink and lots of familiar faces. There were even generous...
Jun 19, 2023 | News
This is the third book of essays drawing on the wealth of data in the Archive of Market and Social Research. As the title suggests this booklet focusses rather more on the ‘social’ than the ‘market’ content of the archive. Once again the AMSR has assembled a first...
May 3, 2023 | Stories
Recent reports have commented on how the monarchy’s popularity has fallen in recent years – to just 55%, according to one poll. A dip into the Archive of Market and Social Research shows what a shift this is. June 1969 saw the UK broadcast of Royal Family, a TV...
Mar 24, 2023 | Stories
As Warner Bros, one of the world’s leading film and entertainment companies, celebrates its 100th anniversary, it’s interesting to trace the story of cinema attendance in the UK over the same period. The number of ways in which one can watch a film has increased many...
