Jan 22, 2023 | News
‘From pet economics to pet cemeteries, this wonderfully engaging history explains the changing role of pets over two hundred years.’ Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR, London ‘Chronicles the increasing integration of pets into British life in...
Jan 14, 2023 | News
Advertising executive Jeremy Bullmore, former president of the Market Research Society and non-executive director at WPP, has died aged 93. Jeremy, who started his career as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson London, later becoming chairman, was appointed as president...
Jan 11, 2023 | Stories
In the 1970s, price inflation was at least as big a political problem as it is today. Decimalisation of the currency was perceived to be a major influence. In the UK, although decimalisation of the currency and metrication of weights and measures had been under...
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...
