With a foreword by Kate MosseA century of British women's everyday experiences, drawn from the Mass Observations Archive, and published for its 90th anniversaryThe Mass Observation Archive is Britain's richest historical collection of everyday life and May 2027 will mark its 90th anniversary. Drawing from this remarkable treasure trove, In Her Own Words will uncover and explore the daily reality of British women's lives over the co...

Mass Observing the Coronation of Charles III examines the activities and opinions of Mass Observers who experienced the first British coronation in 70 years, as well as the findings of Mass Observation investigators in several locations in the UK (including London) during the May 6th 2023 coronation weekend.Reports and photographs by mobile observers, as well as MO panelists' pre-coronation writings and day diaries for May 6th demonstrate the ways in which...

In this original volume, Jennifer J. Purcell and Fiona Courage curate and contextualize the rich archival materials of social research organisation Mass-Observation on the British popular imagination of the monarchy and the royal family between 1937 and 2022.From the coronation of George VI in 1937 to Elizabeth II's death – via war, weddings, a jubilee and a tragedy – this book incorporates everything from diaries and detailed responses to questionnaires, internal ...