The decline of quality: How did we end up wearing rubbish?

Following Black Friday weekend, this article looks at the reasons for the decline in clothing quality over the years – from the introduction of synthetic fibres in the 1940s, to the role of TikTok in creating microtrends today.

Can Instagrammable tourism find its origins in the seventeenth century?

I visited Paris recently and during my stay I noticed that many tourists were taking their photos seriously – spending long periods of time in front of monuments trying different poses, different angles and even changing outfits in an attempt to take the perfect photo. However, in the age of Instagrammable tourism, this is unsurprising. Instagrammable -tourism, […]

European Witch-hunting and the Pendle Witches

Neglecting the North: Margaret Thatcher, Rishi Sunak and the North/South divide