Aug 28, 2025 | Social history, Stories
Over the years, there have been calls for cannabis to be legalised or at least downgraded in its classification from the current Class B to Class C (the least harmful). By contrast, there have also been demands, especially recently, that its classification be upgraded...
Aug 6, 2025 | Social history, Stories
Cricket: Tests and Challenges. The Test Cricket series just ended between England and India is being called one for the ages. For those who had match tickets or who followed from a distance it was very exciting. But the sport’s administrators and followers are...
Jul 17, 2025 | Events, News
Our speakers and sponsors – full event video available here. The Archive: ‘not a vault but a bridge connecting generations’ Despite the attraction of a Beyoncé concert elsewhere in London, the top floor of Bush House had a good crowd for the...
Mar 10, 2025 | Social history, Stories
Arguments against the death penalty had been advanced in the 1950s, with a particular boost for abolition resulting from the case of Ruth Ellis, a young mother who had murdered her unfaithful lover in 1955. The Tories reduced the number of offences carrying the death...
Feb 24, 2025 | AMSR news, Announcements, News
Richard Asquith Press release – for publication on 22nd January 2025 Richard Asquith is to take over from Adam Phillips as Chief Executive of the Archive of Market and Social Research The Archive of Market and Social Research (AMSR) is delighted to announce the...
