Simon Riley, Shore Qual
Tag Archives: Radio 4
An evening in A and E: a stitch in space-time
Having just listened to Melvyn Bragg‘s In Our Time (In Our Time, 29th March 2012: The Measurement of Time) – discussing the history of the measurement of time, appropriately enough – here I am posting about the ultimate time-devouring black … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Qual Research, Society
Tagged AQR, class, Disability, ethnography, Health, qualitative research, Radio 4, society
Leave a comment
Katy Brand, John Gray and the folly of pinning all our hopes on science
Here’s a quote and a half – from the brilliant Straw Dogs by John Gray (Professor of European Thought at LSE), written ten years ago now: Modern humanism is the faith that through science humankind can know the truth – … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Society
Tagged BBC, media, philosophy, qualitative research, Radio 4, science, society
1 Comment
From Behavioural Insights To Chris Moyles
Required listening for anyone in research, I think: All In The Mind Special: The Behavioural Insights Team. Interesting contributions to Claudia Hammond‘s Radio 4 documentary from the likes of Prof. Richard Thaler, Dr. David Halpern and Warwick University psychologist Neil … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Brand communications, Innovation, Media, Qual Research, Shopping, Shore, Society, Techniques
Tagged AQR, BBC, behavioural economics, Behavioural Insights Team, brand communications, Cabinet Office, ethnography, Nudge, politics, qualitative research, Radio 4, research, Thaler
1 Comment
Man of Aran: A Story For Our Times
I started off thinking I’d post on this because it was a thing of beauty, even though it’s not very current – and then I realised, it sort of is current, in a funny kind of way. (And anyway, why … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, All Over The World, Brand communications, Media, Qual Research, Semiotics, Shore, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Atlantic Ocean, authenticity, British Sea Power, cinema, communications, ethnography, happiness, Ireland, Man of Aran, music, Portillo, postmodernism, Radio 4, Roy Foster, the North, V&A
Leave a comment
Organ Freeman: Thaler on Nudge
Professor Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge, is one of the most sought-after people in the world at the moment. His behavioural economics (BE) snowball is now well down the hill, has taken out some skiiers and is about to roll … Continue reading
Edgelands, wastelands and The Fall
Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts‘ book Edgelands – about the aesthetics and psycho-geography of forgotten interzones of “waste” land on the edges of our towns and cities – has been an inspiring and thought-provoking book of the week on … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Brand communications, Media, Qual Research, Semiotics, Society
Tagged art, BBC, British, Edgelands, landscape, poets, psychogeography, Radio 4, society, The Fall, United Kingdom
1 Comment
Qual’s harder than it looks … no kidding, girlfriend
Interesting discussion on Today this morning about the “alternative census” done by the champion of numerical literacy the More Or Less programme, among their listeners. More or Less on Radio 4 – alternative census. Unusual to hear the nature of … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Qual Research, Shore, Society, Techniques
Tagged BBC, British, media, qual, qualitative, qualitative research, Radio 4, research, Social Sciences, society, Tim Harford, Today
1 Comment
Consumerism: same old values, slower pace?
Mark Littlewood and Roger Scruton with Evan Davies on Radio 4\’s \’Today\’ Some perspective on our sufferings from Mark Littlewood (“Even after the recession and the cuts, we are about as affluent today as we were in around 2006″) and … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain, Shore
Tagged British, consumer, Cuts, economy, Evan Davies, philosophy, Radio 4, society, Today
Leave a comment
The North Will Rise Again
Thinking Allowed on the future of the north Interesting piece of futurology in Thinking Allowed on Radio 4 this week, about the possible impact of global warming on the fortunes and demography of the most northerly areas of the world, … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Britain
Tagged British, Northern Ireland, qual, Radio 4, the North, Thinking Allowed
Leave a comment
