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Do sunshine breaks pile on the stress?

Sep 19, 2023 | Social history, Stories

A recent (August 2023) survey for the Office of National Statistics among 2,000 UK adults found that overall 34% had travelled abroad in the previous eight weeks and experienced some kind of travel disruption. Among the travellers themselves this rose to nine out of...

Are cricket fans bowled over by new formats? 2023 original

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...

Researching the public: Post-war policy, politics and polling – a review by Paul Edwards

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...

The AMSR at MRS Insight Alchemy conference – review

Mar 22, 2023 | News

What a great day for the AMSR at the MRS conference, Insights Alchemy, on Tuesday 14th March. We’ll be writing it up in more detail for the next newsletter, but these are the headlines: We got a mention from Jane Frost in her opening address, a regular flow of...

International Women’s Day – Women at Work

Mar 7, 2023 | News

March 8th 2023 is International Women’s Day. In recognition, the AMSR is making available an extract from one of our recent publications, as a completely free download. It’s an article written by Judith Staig, entitled ‘Women at Work’. Download 'Women at...

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