BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed

Wine tasting; US philanthropy

US philanthropic foundations, and the changing language of wine tasting.

Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective.

Laurie Taylor explores the fortunes of Hebden Bridge. Also, a social history of neighbours

Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books

Raoul Moat - the media story, and prostitutes in Calcutta.

Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.

Rubbish society: the social impact of waste.

Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns.

With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity.

What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life.