Aug 6, 2023 | Social history, 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...
May 3, 2023 | Social history, 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 | Advertising and media, 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...
Jan 11, 2023 | Social history, 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 | Brands, 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...
