Financing the BBC: always a contentious issue

Financing the BBC: always a contentious issue

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...
Platinum Jubilee – have we always loved the royals?

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...
COP26 and the history of British attitudes to environment

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...