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Thinking Allowed

Social capital; gentrification

Thinking Allowed

BBC

Science, Society & Culture

4.4973 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What happens when middle class white people move into vibrant, ethnically diverse and challenging areas in inner city London? Emma Jackson talks to Laurie about the developing attitudes of the 'gentrifiers' in Peckham and in Brixton. Also, Irena Grugulis, author of Jobs for the Boys returns to the programme: She address points raised by listeners on her study of networking in the media and discusses the concept of 'social capital'. Producer: Charlie Taylor.

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0:44.4

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0:49.5

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1:20.3

Hello, alas, emails Mr Bolton with elegant disingenuousness, I miss the end credits to your

1:28.0

show about nepotism in media appointments. Can you tell me if Laurie Taylor's excellent program was produced by

1:34.4

Charlie Taylor? Well you've got me bang to write there Mr Bolton you really have

1:39.8

Charlie Taylor is indeed my regular producer and of course also my father.

1:44.0

But in truth it's probably my late violet-eyed mother Elizabeth who did rather more to secure

1:49.9

my present elevated position in the media.

1:53.0

Frankly, she knew everybody.

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