BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor discusses the relationship between literature and sociology.

Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world.

The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.

Men, masculinities and violence. Also, stag parties, deviance and consumerism.

Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism.

Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.

Racial segregation in the United States. Also, hairdressing for people with dementia.

Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness.

Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.

Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.

Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood.