Stories
- Article
The ugly truth about fast fashion
Aja Barber reflects on her relationship with fast fashion, outlines its polluting and destructive effects, and shares the small, personal changes we can make that could help.
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Death and our digital ghosts
When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
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How my wheelchair changed my life
A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Social Mobility Inquiry
Date: 1977-1984Reference: SA/PIC/F/17Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Books
Social mobility : selected readings / edited by A. P. M. Coxon and C. L. Jones.
Date: 1975- Books
Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain / John H. Goldthorpe, in collaboration with Catriona Llewellyn and Clive Payne.
Goldthorpe, John H.Date: 1980- Archives and manuscripts
Dr Graham M. Robertson BM BCh, MRCGP: material relating to examinations for Mobility and Disability Allowance
Robertson, Graham M.Date: 1970s-1980sReference: GP/57- Archives and manuscripts
European Science Foundation Standing Committee for Social Science (General)
Date: 1978-1980Reference: PSY/TAJ/5/17Part of: Tajfel, Henri (1919-1982) papers