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If religion is declining, how do dissenting religious groups survive? In an age of declining church attendance, growing distrust in institutions and increasing numbers of people identifying as having “no…
(Why) do people self-silence? Given the extensive concern and desire for action on climate change, why is it that people do not talk about it more than they do? Asked…
When celebrity-chef-led food programmes were criticised over a decade ago for blaming individuals rather than food systems, it was tempting to think public health television might eventually move on. Watching…
What is a ‘good’ sentence in sociology? To mark its 75th anniversary, the British Sociological Association put that question to its members. Not the most cited argument, or the most…
Recently, on the Jeremy Vine Show, Andrea Jenkyns – the Reform Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – admitted that she was “pro-private healthcare”. The leader of Reform, Nigel Farage, has also…
Concerns are growing over social media information emphasising negative experiences of hormonal contraception. Labelled as misinformation, the volume and accessibility of this content that is said to lack context, and…
The 12th June Ahmedabad air disaster. BBC News reports of the Air India crash included interviews with people who had gone to the crash site shortly after it happened. They…
In June, academic staff from across the UK attended a BSA Sport Study Group workshop to explore how generative AI is transforming the teaching of the sociology of sport. The session…
The social construction of genetic risk Richard Holden MPs’ unsuccessful Private Members Bill to ban cousin marriage provoked a debate in the UK Parliament and in the media in 2024/5….
