Mass-Observation Archive

The New Project (1981 onwards): Directives by theme

Please note that this index is not comprehensive - every Directive covers a wide range of issues.

The index is also not a guide to the content of the individual replies to directives. A mention of a subject in the Directive does not guarantee its appearance in the replies.

Abortion:

Unborn Children Bill: Spring 85

advice to unmarried pregnant woman: Summer 90

Accents:

Spring 90

Advertising: (see also Unsolicited Mail)

for cars: Aut/Winter 87

toiletries: Spring 92

sanitary products: Spring 96

TV in the 1950s/60s: Spring 03

Afghanistan:

US bombing: Special 01 & Autumn 01

War: Sun 02

War: Aut 08

Afterlife:

Spring 94

Ageing:

growing older: Winter 92

Queen Mother at 100: Summer 2000

age and againg: Autumn 2006

Health Service: Spring 1997 & Spring 2008

Agriculture:

see Farming

AIDS:

responses to Press campaign: Spring 87

changes in patterns of relationships: Summer 90

sexuality and health: Autumn 2006

Alcohol:

drinking habits: Aut/Winter 89

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

intoxication: Aut/Winter 94

sleeping patterns: Aut 99

ban on smoking in pubs: Spring 07

Alternative Medicine:

Spring 84

Americans

see USA

Animal Rights:

countryside: Spring 95

Animals:

owning pets: Autumn 02

wildlife documentaries: Summer 05

Anthrax:

reactions to 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Architecture:

public library buildings: Autumn 05

houses & homes: Autumn 06

Archives:

Using archives for family research: Summer 08

Armed Forces see also War

World War Two: Spring 09

war and conflict: Summer 08

 

Asylum Seekers

Summer 2000

Autobiography:

Spring 94

"reality" television & radio: Summer 01

life lines: Spring 08

Backing Britain Campaign:

Aut/Winter 89

Banking: (see also Cheque Books):

new technological developments: Summer 84

services in the recession; Aut/Winter 93

Bereavement: (see also Death)

Spring 94

public mourning: Spring 08

Best thing to happen to you

Spring 05

Berlin Wall

The Fall of in 1989: Spring 90

Birth:

Aut/Winter 93

health service: Spring 08

Birthdays:

Aut/Winter 90

Presents: Autumn 98

The Queen Mother reaches 100: Summer 2000

Summmer 02

Blogs: see Internet

Bodies (see also dancing, sport)

menstruation, Spring 9

weight, Summer 97

body piercing and tattoos: Summer 99

Books

see Reading

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Spring 2004

British Rail

see Transport

British-ness:

buying British: Winter 83, Aut/Winter 89

Marks & Spencer: Spring 01

countryside: Spring 95

national characteristics: Spring 90

death of Princess Diana: Aut 97

travel: Spring 2000

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

BSE:

Summer 96

Budget 1982:

impact on personal situation: Summer 82

Burial

see Death

Business Premises:

opening and closing of new shops: Summer 81, Autumn 81, Spring 82, Autumn 82, Autumn 83, Winter 83

Buying British:

Winter 83, Aut/Winter 89

Carers:

of elderly people: Winter 92

caring and pressure on time: Spring 92

caring for gay family members: Autumn 00

age: Autumn 06

Cars:

owning one: Aut/Winter 87

increasing the pace of life: Spring 92

Celibacy:

Summer 90

Celebrations:

Aut/Winter 90

Millennium: Aut 97, Aut 99

presents: Aut 98

Queen Mother's Birthday: Summer 2000

family occasions: Aut 00

birthdays: Sum 02

New Year's Eve: Autumn 03

History matters: Summer 2006

Celebrities:

Spring 2009

friendships:Winter 08

Censorship:

in films: Spring 99

Charities:

Christmas cards: Winter 83

moral beliefs: Spring 85

charity shops: Spring 87

charitable giving and personal/family budgets: Aut/Winter 93

supported by Lottery: Spring 96

unpaid work: Aut/Winter 96

health care: Spring 97

in realtion to refugees: Summer 2000

supporting victims of violence in the home:Spring 07

health care: Spring 08

Global poverty & health: Winter 08

Cheque books:

Autumn 81, Autumn 82

Children/Childhood:

pocket money: Autumn 82

learning about death: Spring 94

remembered foods: Winter 82

thrift habits: Spring 87

holidays: Summer 87

the car: Aut/Winter 87

time: Summer 88

rules of conduct: Summer 89

views on drugs: Aut/Winter 89

education: Spring 91

growing up: Spring 93

safety in the community: Summer 93

having babies: Aut/Winter 93

going to the cinema: Spring 99

bedtime and sleep: Aut 99

travel when young: Spring 2000

reading habits: Autumn 03

age: Aut 06

health care & NHS: Spr 08

memories of World War Two: Spr 09

Chinas:

Olympic Games: Summer 08

Christmas:

expense & local impressions: Autumn 81

Christmas cards: Winter 83

Day Diary 1986: Autumn 86

expenses of Xmas 93: Aut/Winter 93

presents: Aut 98

Cinema: (see also Films)

going to the cinema: Spring 99

Cities:

Winter 95

Civil protest:

countryside: Spring 95

Class

see Social Divisions

Close relationships:

Summer 90

having an affair: Spring 98

the family: Aut 00

courtship: Summer 01

friendship: Winter 08

 

Clothes:

ownership and care: Spring 88

as an indicator of background: Spring 90

VAT on children's clothes: Aut/Wint 93

for dancing: Autumn 97

Clubs see Organisations

Collecting things:

Spring 2000

Comedy:

Having a laugh: Spring 02

Comics

Autumn 03

Commemoration

public mourning: Spring 06

History matters: Summer 06

World War Two: Spring 09

Community:

Spring 93

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees):Summer 2000

Computers:

see Technology

Consumerism:

buying British: Winter 83

in relation to waste: Spring 87

buying toiletries: Spring 92

shopping: Summer 95

buying cds, tapes, records: Aut 97

hairproducts: Spring 01

Marks & Spencer: Spring 01

Contraception:

Summer 90

sexuality: Autumn 05

Cost of living

see Budget, Inflation, Expenditure, Thrift, Consumerism

Countryside:

Spring 95

Winter 95

Cremation

see Death

Crime:

moral issues: Spring 85

juvenile delinquency: Spring 93

personal/home security & burglary: Summer 93

drug use: Aut/Winter 94

Criminal Justice Bill:

Aut/Winter 94

Currency:

reactions to proposal of £1 and 20p coins: Summer 81

use of loose change, notes, cheques: Autumn 81

½p and 20p coins: Summer 82, Autumn 82

issue of £1 coin: Spring 83

new technology in banking: Summer 84

Current events:

major events of 1986: Autumn 86

retrospective on the 1980s: Summer 90

looking back at 1992: Winter 92

summer events: Summer 93

BSE and beef: Summer 96

death of Princess Diana: Special Directive Sept 97

issues (various itemised): Spring 99

the war in Kosovo, Summer 99

issues (various itemised): Autumn 00

reactions after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

world situation: Autumn 02 & Spring 03

issues and events Summer 2005: Summer 05

Spring 2009: Spring 09

Dancing: (see also Music)

enjoyment of all aspects: Aut 97

Darfur: impact of war: Summer 08

 

 

Day diaries:

29 July (Royal Wedding Special): 1981

Christmas: Autumn 86

August Bank Holiday: Summer 87

15 June (EEC Election Day): Summer 89

Friday 13 March: Spring 92

Thursday 2 March: Spring 95

four Saturdays in Spring: Spring 03

New Year’s Eve 2003: Autumn 03

wedding of Charles & Camilla: Spring 05

Saturday afternoons & evenings: Spring 03

New Year’s Eve 2003: Autumn 03

a day of choice in Spring 2006: Spring 06

Death:

President Kennedy: Autumn 84

experiences and beliefs: Spring 94

Princess Diana: Special Directive Sept 97

reactions after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Princess Margaret: Sum 02

public mourning: Spring 06

health service: Spr 08

Development (in other countries):

Spring 92

Fair trade: Summer 07

Global poverty and health Winter 08

Diaries:

Spring 94

to be kept for the last week of 1999 and the first week of 2000: Aut 1999

to record reactions after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Disasters: see also Current Events

Spring 89

railway accidents: Aut 00

attack on USA, 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

hurricanes in the USA: Autumn 05

the Asian Tsunami: Spring 05

hurricanes in the USA: Autumn 05

London Tube/bus bombing: Summer 05

warfare and the ensuing humanitarian issues: Summer 08

Disablement:

care of elderly: Winter 92

health care: Spring 97

and humour /jokes: Spr 02

Divorce:

close relationships: Summer 90

having an affair: Spring 98

Doctors

see Health

Domestic violence

violence in the home: Spring 07

Dreams:

about Royalty: Summer 82

recent ones: Winter 92

patterns of dreaming and sleep: Autumn 99

Drugs:

alternative medicine: Spring 84

AIDS: Spring 87

tea, coffee, alcohol: Aut/Winter 89

to aid giving birth: Aut/Winter 93

sport: Aut/Winter 94

legalisation of cannabis & other drugs: Aut/Winter 94

as an aid to sleep: Autumn 99

ban on smoking in public places: Spring 07

Economy (see also Current events)

inflation: Summer 82

current situation: Summer 93

views on the recession: Aut/Winter 93

Education:

effects of cuts: Summer 82

personal experience: Spring 91

literacy: Spring 91

current debates, especially on testing: Summer 93

costs in household budget: Aut/Winter 93

using numbers: Spring 04

going to university: Spring 04

quoting and quotations: Autumn 06

about health: Spring 08

using the internet: Spring 09

Electronic mail:

Jokes by e-mail: Spr 02

Letters and email:Summer 04

Elections:

local:Spring 82

General: Spring 83, May 87, Spring 92, Aut/Winter 96, Spring 97, Spring & Summer 01

EEC: Summer 84, Summer 89

Electricity bills:

Summer 82, Aut/Wint 93

Employment

see Work, Income

Englishness:

gardening: Sum 07

Core British values: Sum 06

Environment:

food: Winter 82, Spring 89

health dangers: Spring 84

waste: Spring 87

litter: Spring 87

major events, 1986: Autumn 86

impact of the car: Aut/Winter 87

storms, floods etc: Aut/Winter 87

disasters: Spring 89

cars: Aut/Winter 87

Euro-elections: Summer 89

Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero: Summer 92

road buliding, countryside: Spring 95

gardens and gardening: Spring 98

travel: 2000

the Asian Tsunami: Spring 05

gardening: Summer 07

Ethics

genes, genetics & cloning: Spring 06

core British values: Summer 06

care of the aged: Autumn 06

Fair Trade and shopping: Summer 07

Global health & poverty: Winter 08

health care & services: Spring 08

Etiquette:

Summer 89

presents: Aut 98

Europe:

general knowledge and opinions about the EEC: Summer 82

10yrs UK membership: EEC Special 1983

in relation to USA: Autumn 84

Elections for EEC Parliament: Summer 84

Day Diary for EEC Election Day: Summer 89

Maastricht Treaty: Summer 93

BSE and beef: Summer 96

 

Exercise: (see also Sport)

being overweight, Summer 97

Expenditure

see Banking, Buying British, Business Premises, Budget, Christmas, Currency, Fuel Consumption, Holidays, Income, Pets, Pocket Money, Private Services, Shopping Strategies, Spending £250,000

Fairtrade ethics: Summer 2007

Falklands/Malvinas War:

Special Directive, April 82

Postscript: Sept 82

Family relationships:

effect of unemployment: Autumn 81

pocket money, 'home hotel': Autumn 82

sharing of domestic work: Autumn 83

relatives and neighbours: Winter 84

Christmas Day diary: Autumn 86

clothing purchase & maintenance: Spring 88

rules of conduct: Summer 89

marriage & love: Summer 90

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

relations between parents & children: Spring 93

managing the household budget: Aut/Winter 93

having an affair: Spring 98

the family: Aut 00

Courtship & dating: Summer 01

sharing reading when young: Autun 03

letters: Summer 04

your home: Autumn 06

violence in the home: Spring 07

and friendship: Winter 08

animals as pets: Summer 09

swine flu pandemic: Summer 09

Family Research:

Family Research in generalk: Summer 08

Using the Internet: Spring 09

Fantasy: (see also Dreams)

spending £250,000: Winter 83

ideal holidays: Summer 87

spending £250 on clothes: Spring 88

most romantic situation: Summer 90

most desired piece of equipment: Autumn 91

imagining oneself as a machine: Spring 92

most pleasurable activity: Summer 93

Farming:

countryside: Spring 95

BSE and eating beef: Summer 96

Fashion: (see also Personal appearance)

attitudes towards: Spring 88

Fax:

Autumn 91, Spring 97

Fears:

World Financial crisis: Winter 08

Swine flu pandemic: Summer 09

About the internet: Spring 09

Heaven & Hell: Summer 09

Feminism:

Autumn 91

Films:

video: Spring 83

attitude to American films: Autumn 84

pastimes/TV day diary: Autumn 88

influences on young people: Spring 93

portrayal of serial killers (Silence of the Lambs): Spring 94

Going to the cinema: Spring 99

about World War Two: Spring 09

about animals: Autumn 09

Financial services:

new developments: Aut/Winter 84

new technology: Autumn 91

assisting with your budget: Aut/Winter 93

Firefighters:

images of people who are firefighters, Summer 97

Floods: (see weather)

Food:

price of local veg: Summer 81

shopping strategies: Autumn 81

'grow-your-own': Winter 82

food preferences: Winter 82

childhood memories: Winter 82

weekday & Sunday main meals: Summer 82

salmonella & listeria scares: Spring 89

eating problems: Aut/Wint 89

celebrations: Aut/Wint 90

natural foods: Summer 92

day diary 2nd March: Spring 95

BSE and beef: Summer 96

being overweight, Summer 97

genetically modified food: Spring 99

relationship with sleeping patterns: Aut 99

when travelling: Spring 2000

Fair Trade, shopping and ethics: Summer 07

gardening vegetables: Summer 07

recipes & cooking using the internet: Spring 09

eating animals: Summer 09

Football: see also Sport

World Cup:Summer 06

Foreigners:

Spring 93

travel: Spring 2000

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

meeting people: Autumn 2003

Friendship:

Winter 84,

Summer 90

letters & emails: Summer 04

ups & downs of friendship: Winter 08

Fuel:

gas & electricity bills: Summer 82

household bills: Aut/Wint 93

Future:

spending £250,000: Winter 83

work and unemployment: future hopes and fears: Summer 83

cars and transport in the year 2087: Aut/Wint 87

plans for the future and the Millennium: Aut 97

recording the Millennium: Spring 99, Autumn 99

hopes for the future on New Year’s Eve: Autumn 03

universe & outer space: 05

Gambling: see also Sport

Lottery: Spr 96

World Cup: Sum 06

Gap year: see travel

Gardening:

'grow-your-own-veg': Winter 82

regular pastimes: Autumn 88

garden and gardening: Spring 98

National Trust properties: Summer 06

gardens & gardening: Sum 07

Gas bills:

Summer 82, Aut/Wint 93

Gender roles:

comparisons: men's & women's jobs: Summer 83

housework allocation: Autumn 83

feelings about self: Spring 84

managing finances: Summer 84

social relationships: Winter 84

morality: Spring 85

holidays: Summer 87

the car: Aut/Wint 87

clothes: Spring 88

hobbies & pastimes: Autumn 88

rules of conduct: Summer 89

close relationships: Summer 90

ideas about masculinity and feminity: Autumn 91

new technology: Autumn 91

differences in the ageing process: Winter 92

personal hygiene: Spring 92

body image & being overweight, Summer 97

images of different jobs, Summer 97

the family: Aut00

courtship & dating: Summer 01

sexual orientation and jokes: Spr 02

differences in childhood reading habits: Autumn 03

sex: Autumn 05

General Elections:

Spring 83, May Special 87, Spring 1992, Aut/Winter 96, Spring 97, Summer 01

Genetics

genes, genetics & cloning: Spr 06

Germany:

fall of Berlin Wall: Spring 90

World Cup: Summer 2006

Ghosts

see Supernatural

Government

see Current events

Graffiti:

on £1 notes: Autumn 81

about Common Market: Special, 1983

Gulf War:

Aut/Wint 90, Spring 91

Hair: (see also personal appearance)

Spring 01

Hairdressers:

Spring 01

Health:

the NHS: Summer 82, Summer 93, Spring 97

the NHS, health and illness, time use, well-being: Spring 84

alternative medicine: Spring 84, Spring 87

food: Spring 89

stimulants, prescription drugs: Autumn 89

hygiene: Spring 92

pace of life: Spring 92

costs in household budget: Aut/Winter 93

pregnancy & giving birth: Aut/Winter 93

sport & keeping fit: Aut/Winter 94

in relation to menstruation, PMT: Spring 96

BSE and eating beef: Summer 96

being overweight: Summer 1997

nurses: images: Summer 97

staying well in everyday life: Aut 98

having enough sleep: Aut 99

travelling and health problems: Spring 2000

health risks and TV sets: Spring 03

old age: Autumn 06

ban on smoking in public places: Spring 07

NHS: Spring 08

Global health & poverty: Winter 08

Swine flu pandemic: Summer 09

History

History matters: Summer 06

>Family history research Winter 08

Holidays:

personal experiences: Summer 81, Summer 87

EEC Special 1983

August Bank holiday day diary: Summer 87

Xmas Day diary: Autumn 86

pace of life and the kind of holidays preferred: Spring 92 (2)

costs from household budget: Aut/Wint 93

travelling: Spring 2000

Home:

DIY, services, maintenance: Summer 82

description of mantelpiece: Autumn 82

teenagers and the "home hotel": Autumn 82

description of living room: Autumn 83

clocks about the house: Summer 88

objects of value and feeling: Summer 88

new technology: Autumn 91

arrangement of reading material: Spring 93

household security: Summer 93

where I live (cities, towns & villages): Winter 95

music systems and music listening at home: Aut 97

wedding presents: Aut 98

owning pets: Autumn 02

first TV: Spring 03

your home, decoration ands contents: Autumn 06

gardens: Summer 07

using the internet at home: Spring 09

animals in the home: Autumn 09

Homosexuality:

in relation to AIDS: Spring 87

advice to a young person; Summer 90

close relationships: Summer 90

gender roles & identity: Autumn 91

gays and lesbians in the family: Aut 00

sexual orientation and jokes: Spr 02

sex Autumn 05

Honeymoons:

Summer 87

Housework:

a week's domestic work log: Autumn 83

clothes washing & ironing: Spring 88

timetables: Summer 88

pace of life: Spring 92

labour saving equipment: Autumn 91

Housing:

local house prices: Spring 82

spending £250,000: Winter 83

major events 1986: Autumn 86

hurricane/floods: Aut/Winter 87

costs of mortgage/rent in household budget: Aut/Winter 93

Recession of 2008-9: Winter 08

Humour Spring 02

Hygiene:

personal habits: Spring 92

Immigration

coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 00

impact of 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

ethnic minorities and jokes: Spring 02

core British values: Summer 06

Global poverty & health: Winter 08

Income:

unemployment: Summer 81, Autumn 81, Spring 82

pocket money: Autumn 82

first wage packet: Autumn 82

the Budget effects: Summer 82

employment, past, present, future: Summer 83

car purchases: Aut/Winter87

clothing expenditure: Spring 88

men's and women's earnings: Autumn 91

managing the household budget: Aut/Winter 93

going to university: Spring 04

your home: Autumn 05

decoration ands contents: Autumn 06

Recession of 2008-9: Winter 08

handling finances online: Spring 09

Industrial relations:

Waterworkers: Spring 83

Miners' strike: Summer 84

Rail strikes: Spring 82, Summer 84, Aut/Winter 94

Teachers: Summer 84

Inflation:

reactions & predictions: Summer 82

Information Technology

media and the public interest: Autumn 01

Information technology:

Media and the public interest: Autumn 01

humour: Spring 02

Internet (see also Information technology)

and humour: Spring 02

for family research: Summer 08

Iraq:

and US foreign policy: Sum 02

war: Aut 02

war: Spr 03

war: Sum 08

Ireland:

Summer 93, Aut/Wint 94

Peace process: Spring 99

decommissioning of IRA arms: Autumn 01

Islam

reactions after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Israel:

and the Palestinians: Aut 00

reactions after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Jokes:

BSE and beef: Summer 96

reactions to 11 September: Special 01 & Aut 01

having a laugh: Spr 02

Jumble sales:

Thrift & consumerism, Spring 1987

Kennedy, JF (President of USA):

Autumn 84

Kosovo

Spring 99

Summer 99

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

Kurds:

Spring 99

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

Labour Party: (see also Elections, General Elections, Current Events)

deputy leader election: Autumn 81

New Labour and Tony Blair: Aut 00

Languages

travel: Spring 2000

Leisure:

holidays: Summer 81

Christmas: Autumn 81, Autumn 86

viewing and reading: Spring 83

EEC Special (holidays): 1983

retirement: Summer 83

social life: Spring 84

holidays/Bank Holiday diary: Summer 87

car use: Aut/Winter 87

time use: Summer 88

regular pastimes: Autumn 88

membership of organisations: Aut/Winter 90

reading: Spring 93

pleasure: Summer 93

TV soap operas: Spring 95

sporting activities: Aut/Winter 94

music and dancing: Aut 97

gardening: Spring 98

going to the cinema: Spring 99

public libraries, Summer 99

collecting things: Spring 2000

owning pets: Aut 02

Saturday diaries: Spr 03

Use of public and private spaces: Aut 03

Smoking habits: Apr 07

ban on smoking in pubs: Spr 07

using the internet: Spr 09

Liberal-SDP Alliance:

Autumn 81

Libraries (see also Reading)

pastimes: Autumn 88

public libraries: Summer 99

public library buildings: Autumn 05

Life course:

gender & identity: Autumn 91

stages at different ages: Winter 92

pace of life: Spring 92

dancing over the years: Aut 97

aging: Autumn 2006

personal life lines: Spring 06

Literacy:

Spring 91

women at beginning of century: Winter 95

quoting and quotations: Autumn 06

Living rooms

see Home

Lottery:

Spring 96

Love:

Summer 90

courtship & dating: Summer 01

Magazines:

choice: Spring 83

for reading at home: Spring 93

cildhood reading and comics: Autumn 2003

homes and furishing: Autumn 2006

Mantelpieces:

Autumn 83

Marriage: (see also family)

honeymoons: Summer 87

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

experience of: Summer 90

extra-marital affairs: Spring 98

wedding presents: Autumn 98

Charles & Camilla: Spring 05

sex: Autumn 05

violence in the home: Spring 07

Mass Observation:

feelings about the directives: Summer 90

how you answer directives & what it all means: Spring 91

views of the term "M-O": Aut/Winter 93

Archive benefiting from Lottery funds: Spring 96

feelings about a directive on menstruation: Spring 96

recording the Millennium: Observers' views: Spring 99

designing your own directive: Summer 00

being part of research: Autumn 04

TV and images of 1950s/60s: Spring 03

the BBC: Spring 04

the Asian Tsunami: Spring 05

London bombing: Spring 05

wildlife documentaries: Summer 05

gardening programmes: Summer 07

programmes about researching your family: Summer 08

depictions of war: Summer 08

Olympic Games: Summer 08

Media: (see also under separate headings eg Film, TV etc)

Falklands Parade special: Autumn 82

reading, listening, watching: Spring 83

impressions of USA: Autumn 84

AIDS information campaign: Spring 87

hurricane & floods: Aut/Wint 87

pastimes: Autumn 88

TV day diary: Autumn 88

reporting disasters: Spring 89

food scares: Spring 89

Backing Britain campaign: Autumn 89

coverage of environmental issues: Summer 92

treatment of young people: Spring 93

influence on young people: Spring 93

economic news and issues: Aut/Winter 93

treatment of murder & serial killers: Spring 94

images of the countryside: Spring 95

television soap operas: Spring 95

BSE and beef: Summer 96

about the supernatural: Summer 96

death of Princess Diana: Special Directive Sept 97

music and dancing: Autumn 97

going to the cinema: Spring 99

"reality" TV & radio: Summer 01

media and the public interest: Autumn 01

and humour: Spr 02

Medical experiments: (also see Health, Research and Science)

Spring 85

Memorials: (see also commemoration)

Death of Diana: Summer 97 (Special)

public mourning: Spring 06

World War Two: Spring 09

Men

see Gender Roles

Menstruation:

Spring 96

Millennium:

its meaning: Aut 97

ideas about recording the event: Spring 99

diaries for last week of 1999 and the first week of 2000: Aut 99

visits to the Millenium Dome: Aut 99

Mining industry:

Miners' Strike: Summer 84

closing down the mines: Summer 93

Money: (see also Currency, Income)

managing family budget: Aut/Winter 93

buying Lottery tickets, and winning: Spring 96

cost of going to the cinema: Spring 99

costs of travel: Spring 2000

collecting things: Spring 2000

recession: Winter 2008

Morality:

Spring 85

genes, genetics & cloning: Spring 06

core British values: Summer 06

Mothers:

literacy practices: Aut/Winter 95

Murder:

Spring 94

Museums:

History matters: Summer 06

Music: (see also Dancing)

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

new technology: Autumn 91

pleasure: Summer 93

enjoying music, listening, playing and buying: Aut 97

in films: Spring 99

and sleep: Aut 99

National Health Service

see Health

Nature:

Summer 92

Neighbours:

Spring 83

Newspaper reading:

Spring 83, Spring 93

sports coverage: Aut/Winter 94

treatment of young people: Spring 93

Nurses: see also NHS

images of nurses: Summer 97

Pay and working conditions: Spring 99

Objects about the house:

Summer 88

presents: Aut 98

collecting things: Spring 2000

Occupations

see Work or under specific jobs)

Old age(see also Ageing):

Winter 92

Queen Mother reaches 100: Summer 2000

older gay people and the family: Autumn 00

and birthdays: Summer 02

age: Autumn 2006

Olympic Games: Plans for 2012: Summer 08

Organisations:

membership: Aut/Wint 90

clubs for people who collect things: Spring 2000

Overseas Aid:

Spring 85: Spring 89, Spring 92, Winter 2008

Pace of life:

Spring 92

Paedophilia:

and humour: Spring 02

Palestinians:

Aut 00

and Israel: Summer 02, Autumn 2002

Gaza bombing: Spring 2009

Parenthood:

pocket money: Autumn 82

unmarried parenthood: Summer 90

pace of life: Spring 92

growing up and bringing up children: Spring 93

giving birth: Autumn/Winter 93

Parks:

public spaces: Autumn 03

Personal appearance:

clothes: Spring 88

 

personal hygiene: Spring 92

body image: Summer 99

hair: Spring 01

Pets:

cost of feeding: Autumn 81

dogs as security: Summer 93

owing pets:Autumn 2002

Photographs:

celebrations: Aut/Wint 90

of giving birth: Aut/Wint 93

images of where you live: Winter 95

gardens: Spring 98

Pleasure:

Summer 93

travelling: Spring 00

meeting people: Spring 03

best thing that happened to you this year: Autumn 05

sex: Autumn 05

Pocket money:

Autumn 82

Police:

images of police officers, Summer 97

racism in the police/Stephen Lawrence enquiry: Spring 99

Politicians

see Elections, General Elections, individual parties

Political activity:

membership of political parties and groups: Aut/Winter 90

private lives of politicians: Spring 99

media and the public interest: Autumn 01

and humour: Spr 02

anti-war demonstrations: Autumn 02 & Spring 03

embargo, Fair Trade and ethics: Summer 07

current events: Spring 09

Political Opinions

see Current events, Elections & General Elections

Posters:

Spring 85

Poverty

Global health & Poverty: Winter 08

Private Services:

housing maintenance, installations: Summer 82

unsolicited mail: Spring 82

postal & phone advertising: Summer 82

non-NHS medical treatment: Spring 84

the railways: Aut 00

Present-Giving: (see also Christmas)

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

presents: Aut 98

Public & private:

contrasts in space: Autumn 03

ban in public places: Spring 07

Public houses

Smoking ban: Spring 07

Public spaces:

public & private spaces: Autumn 03

public libraries: Autumn 05

memorials: Spring 06

smoking in public places: Spring 07

public gardens: Summer 07

plans for the Olympic Games 2010: Summer 08

Public Services:

health, education, transport cuts: Summer 82

waterworkers strike: Spring 83

NHS: Spring 84

teachers: Summer 84

education system: Spring 91

train strikes: Summer 84, Aut/Wint 94

travel & food safety measures: Spring 89

care of elderly people: Winter 92

public libraries, Summer 99

transport policy and the railways: Aut 00

use of public spaces/places: Autumn 03

the BBC: Spring 04

public library buildings: Autumn 05

supporting people in old age: Autumn 06

NHS in 2008: Spring 08

Quoting & Quotations:

Autumn 06

Race/Racism:

racial discrimination & racial characteristics: Spring 90

community and "foreigners": Spring 93

The Stephen Lawrence Enquiry/racism in the Police: Spring 99

coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

impact of 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

ethnic minorities and jokes: Spr 02

core British vaules: Summer 06

Radio:

news programmes: Spring 83

coverage of young people: Spring 93

listening to music: Aut 97

"reality" programmes: Summer 01

comedy shows: Spr 02

The BBC: Spring 04

Ratecapping (Liverpool):

Summer 84

Reading:

choice of newspaper, journals and magazines: Spring 83

pastimes: Autumn 88

reading matter in the home: Spring 93

VAT on books and newspapers: Aut/Wint 93

murder stories: Spring 94

autobiographies & biographies: Spring 94

countryside: Spring 95

women and early years of century: Winter 95

public libraries, Summer 99

at bedtime: Aut 99

humorous books and newspapers: Spr 02

childhood reading: Autumn 03

using numbers: Spring 04

quoting and quotations: Autumn 06

about World War Two: Spring 09

Recycling:

waste, thrift & consumerism: Spring 87

Refugees

From Kosovo, Summer 99

Coming to Britain (asylum seekers and refugees): Summer 2000

From Afghanistan: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Relatives:

Winter 84

the family: Aut 00

Relaxants & Stimulants:

Aut/Wint 87

Religion:

beliefs & practices: Spring 85

discrimination on religious grounds: Spring 90

celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

nature: Summer 92

death and dying: Spring 94

and jokes: Spr 02

Remembrance Day see Commemorations

Research (see also Science)

being part of research: Autumn: 04

health research: Spring 08

doing family research: Aum 08

Retirement:

Summer 83, Winter 92

Retrospective on the 80s:

Spring 90

Risk-taking:

Spring 91

Royalty:

views on and preparations for Royal Wedding: Summer 81

diary for day of Wedding: Special Directive 1981

dreams about Royal family: Summer 82

as a prop to hierarchy & privilege: Spring 90

the Queen's Annus horribilis: Winter 92

crisis in Royal family: Summer 93

end of a marriage: Charles & Diana: Aut/Winter 94

death of Princess Diana: Special Directive Sept 97

Queen Mother's birthday: Summer 2000

Royal family in 2002: Sum 02

Golden Jubilee: Sum 02

Princess Margaret's death: Sum 02

Prince Harry: Sum 02

Memories of 1953 Coronation on TV: Spring 03

Charles & Camilla: Spring 05

Rules of conduct:

Summer 89

Rural Britain:

countryside: Spring 95

Science:

medical experiments: Spring 85

belief in science: Summer 92

BSE and beef: Summer 96

genetically modified foods: Spring 99

universe & outer space: Summer 05

wildlife documentaries: Summer 05

deaking with swine flu: Summer 09

genes, genetics & cloning: Spring 06

Second World War see World War Two War

Secretaries:

images of people who are secretaries, Summer 97

Security:

personal and household: Summer 93 after 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

Serial killers:

Spring 94

Sexuality:

close relationships: Summer 90

education: Summer 90

gender roles: Autumn 91

pleasure: Summer 93

erotic reading material: Spring 93

having an affair: Spring 98

In films: Spring 99

and sleeping: Aut 99

courting and dating: Summer 01

and humor/jokes: Spr 02

advice from comics & magazines when young: Autumn 03

all aspects: Autumn 05

Shopping: (see also consumerism)

strategies: Autumn 81

habits: Summer 95

buying sanitary products: Spring 96

buying music: Aut 97

Marks & Spencer: Spring 01

using numbers: Spring 04

sex: Autumn 05

your home, decoration ands contents: Autumn 06

Fair Trade and ethics: Summer 07

Shops

see Business Premises, Shopping Strategies

Sleep

Aut 99

Soap Operas:

Spring 95

Social Divisions in Society:

Spring 90

class and jokes: Spr 02

Social status:

Spring 90

Societies see Organisations

South Africa:

Botha's visit to UK: Summer 84

Solar eclipse of August 1999:

Spring 99

Somalia:

Summer 93

Spending £250,000:

Winter 83

Sport:

leisure activities: Autumn 88

membership of clubs and organisations: Aut/Winter 90

activities and spectating: Aut/Winter 94

World Cup Summer 02, Summer 06

animals and sport: Summer 09

the Olympics: Summer 08

Storms:

Autumn 87

Autumn 00

Strikes

see Industrial relations

Subject of own choice

Aut/Wint 95

Spring 96

Summer 96

Supernatural:

Summer 92, Spring 94, Summer 96, Summer 05

Superstition:

Friday 13th: Spring 92

Tattoos

Summer 99

Tax

see Income, VAT

Taxi drivers:

images of people who drive taxis, Summer 97

Teachers: (see also Education)

images of people who teach, Summer 97

Technology:

impact on jobs: Summer 82

banking: Summer 84

animal experiments: Spring 85

new technology in the home: Autumn 91

imagining youself as a machine: Spring 92

information about health: Spring 97

Millennium bug: Spring 99, Aut 99

mobile phones: Autumn 02

writing and emails: Summer 04

in the home: Autumn 06

the Internet: Spring 09

Teenagers:

"home hotel": Autumn 82

contraceptive advice: Summer 90

growing up: Spring 93

year abroad travelling: Spring 2000

Telephones:

portable & car phones: Autumn 91

using the telephone: Aut/Winter 96

Television:

favourite news programmes: Spring 83

Xmas Day diary: Autumn 86

day diary recording TV watching on 1 Nov: Autumn 88

15 June day diary: Summer 89

coverage of young people: Spring 93

watching sport: Aut/Winter 94

soap operas: Spring 95

Lottery programme: Spring 96

music and dancing: Aut 97

Queen Mother's birthday: Summer 2000

"reality" programmes: Summer 01

comedy: Spr 02

images of the 1950s.60s on TV: Springing 03

World Cup: Summer 06

the BBC: Spring 04

wildlife documentaries: Summer 05

the home and makeover programmes: Autumn 06

World War Two programmes: Spring 09

programmes about animals: Summer 09

representations of current affairs in 2009: Spring 09

Terrorism

attack on USA, 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

world situation: Autumn 02

war with Iraq: Spring 03

London Bombing, 7 July: Spring 05

Time:

Spring 84, Summer 88, Spring 92

clocks changing: Aut 99

Tourism: (see also travel)

Summer 87

travelling: Spring 2000

Towns:

Winter 95

Trade Unions: (see also Industrial relations)

membership: Aut/Winter 90

Transport:

rail strike: Spring 82

efficiency of public transport: Summer 82

rail strike & timetables: Summer 84

Bank Holiday: Summer 87

cars: Aut/Winter 87

disasters: Spring 89

rail strike: Aut/Wint 94

travelling: Spring 2000

the railways: Aut 00

the railways: Aur 00 & Sum 02

Travel:

jet lag: Aut 99

Spring 2000

security at airports and air travel: Special 01 & Autumn 01

mobile phones: Autumn 02

Global poverty & health: Winter 08

using the internet for information: Spring 09

Unemployment:

personal experiences: Summer 81, Autumn 81, Spring 82

prospects: Summer 83

health & well being: Spring 84

United States of America:

attitudes towards: Autumn 84

Reagan's visit to UK: Summer 84

American films: Spring 99

reaction to 11 September: Special 01 & Autumn 01

in Afghanistan: Summer 02

policy in Iraq: Summer 02

hurricanes in the USA: Autumn 05

election of Barack Obama as President: Spring 09

Universities see Education

Unsolicited mail:

recorded over a quarter: Spring 82

advertising by post and phone: Summer 82

Vegetarianism: (see also Food)

Winter 82

VAT:

on fuel, books, newspapers, children's clothes: Aut/Wint 93

Video recorders:

owning & using: Spring 83

recording programmes on 1st Nov: Autumn 88

recording celebrations: Aut/Winter 90

owning & using: Autumn 91

recording births: Aut/Winter 93

Watching films on video: Spring 99

Villages:

Winter 95

Violence:

crime: Summer 93

murder & death: Spring 94

In films: Spring 99

violence in the home Spring 07

Vivisection:

Spring 85

Voluntary organisations:

Aut/Winter 90

unpaid work: Aut/Winter 96

health: Spring 97

War:

Falklands/Malvinas: Special directive April 82

postscript to Falklands: Sept 92

Gulf War: Aut/Winter 90, Spring 91

Yugoslavia: Summer 93

Ireland: Aut/Winter: 94

Ireland: Spring 99

Kosovo & Bosnia: Spring 99

Israel/Palestine: Aut 00

USA versus the Taliban: Special 01 & Autumn 01

in Afghanistan: Sum 02

policy in Iraq: Sum 02

and humour: Spring 02

in Afghanistan: Summer 02

with Iraq: Autumn 02

with Iraq: Spring 03

attitudes to warfare and conflicts: Summer 08

World War Two: Summer 09

Waste, thrift & consumerism:

Spring 87

Weather:

effect on food prices: Spring 82

hurricane,winds & floods: Aut/Winter 87

disasters: Spring 89

floods and gales: Aut 00

the Asian Tsunami: Spring 05

snow storms in UK: Spring 09

Weddings see also Celebrations, Family Relationships

presents: Aut 98

Women: (see also Gender Roles)

literacy practices in early years of century: Winter 95

menstrual life stories: Spring 96

Work: (see also Industrial Relations, Unemployment)

first job, gender, retirement, leisure, education, technology, predictions: Summer 83

housework allocation: Autumn 83

European Community: Special Directive 83

health service workers: Spring 84

electronic banking: Summer 84

use of time: Summer 88

status of different jobs: Spring 90

pace of life: Spring 92

unpaid work: Aut/Winter 96

paid work, Summer 97

and well being: Aut 98

advice on careers in magazines: Autumn 03

letters & emails: Summer 04

Recession of 2008-9: Winter 08

World War Two

Images & memories: Spring 09

Writing:

for Mass-Observation: Spring 91

use of word-processor: Autumn 91

diaries & autobiographies: Spring 94

women in early years of century: Winter 95

designing your own directive: Summer 2000

letters & emails: Summer 04

quoting and quotations: Autumn 06

Yugoslavia (former):

Summer 93

osovo, Spring 99

Kosovo, Summer 99

Zimbabwe:

war and conflict: Summer 08