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- Jennie Bristow and Ellie Lee: Growing Up in the Culture Wars
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During a special live recording of Take Me Home at this year's Battle of Ideas Festival, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by Jennie Bristow and Ellie Lee, authors of Growing Up in the Culture Wars.
They explore fraying generational bonds and the factors such as work, sex and politics that shape young people’s transition into adulthood. What lies behind the cultural obsession with identity that incites teenagers and emerging adults to prize fashionable badges of personal validation? Is there a viable route to restoring generational health in society
Recommendations:
Bayeux Tapestry
Game of Thrones
Watching the English
Sense and Sensibility
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
1 hr 10 min - Maren Thom: All Stories Are About Now
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Hilary and Sebastian are joined by Maren Thom, co-host of Performance Anxiety, to discuss what our films, television and stories tell us about the culture we share. From the unexpected popularity of The Odyssey to historical accuracy and modern assumptions about the past, we explore whether we’ve lost our common cultural reference points, and what happens when we try to remake history in our own image.
Recommendations:
Performance Anxiety Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3yPZGgyHpq4vm7Bnb9RUUZ?si=3f63777818de496e
The Odyssey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/
Compline: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/daily-prayer/night-prayer-compline
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www.sdp.org.uk
59 min - 51. Burnham's Speech and Triple Lock
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At a time when politics feels so divisive, and people seem to be operating on an alternative set of facts, the Left and Right are no longer capable of providing answers to Britain’s problems.
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore attempt to rebuild the political by making sense of what's happening in Britain, and exploring if there is a place once more for the politically homeless.
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
41 min - Ellie Lee: No One Used to 'Parent'
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In this episode of Take Me Home, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by sociologist Ellie Lee to discuss how parenting has changed, and what happens when ordinary family life becomes increasingly shaped by experts, policies, and professional advice.
They talk about parental authority, common sense, the medicalisation of everyday life, and whether parents are being given less responsibility for raising their own children.
Recommendations:
Growing Up in the Culture Wars
La Grazia (2025)
Varna's Hot Spring Baths
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
1 hr 11 min - 50. Balaclavas and Growth Britain
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At a time when politics feels so divisive, and people seem to be operating on an alternative set of facts, the Left and Right are no longer capable of providing answers to Britain’s problems.
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore attempt to rebuild the political by making sense of what's happening in Britain, and exploring if there is a place once more for the politically homeless.
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
33 min - Lisa McKenzie: What’s Class Got to Do With It?
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In this episode of Take Me Home, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by working-class academic and author Dr Lisa McKenzie to talk about class, community, and what has happened to working-class life in Britain.
They discuss her play sixTeen, the legacy of the miners’ strike, the disappearance of shared civic spaces, and why so many working-class communities feel politically abandoned. Lisa also explains why she thinks the left has failed the working class, and what it would take to bridge the growing divide between different parts of British society.
Recommendations:
sixTeen
Brideshead Revisted
Rebellion Festival
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
1 hr 4 min - David Paton: Fixing the Economy
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore explore the current political landscape in the UK and ask whether social democracy is needed now more than ever. Each week, they will look at important stories, attempt to offer solutions to the many crises, and share their suggestions for books, films, and events that have impacted their lives.
Recommendations:
The Hundred - https://www.thehundred.com/
Free Thinkers Nottingham - https://www.meetup.com/free-speech-advocates/events/315409069/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
Robo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUnu57PYvCg
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www.sdp.org.uk
1 hr 23 min - 49. Guillotines and Jodrell Bank
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore explore the current political landscape in the UK and ask whether social democracy is needed now more than ever. Each week, they will look at important stories, attempt to offer solutions to the many crises, and share their suggestions for books, films, and events that have impacted their lives.
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk
44 min - 48. PM Burnham and Manchesterism
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore explore the current political landscape in the UK and ask whether social democracy is needed now more than ever. Each week, they will look at important stories, attempt to offer solutions to the many crises, and share their suggestions for books, films, and events that have impacted their lives.
Recommendations: https://manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking-for-burnhamism-in-six-years-ive-never-found-it/
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www.sdp.org.uk
55 min - Luke Gittos: Normalising Far Right Rhetoric?
Lawyer and free speech campaigner Luke Gittos joins Take Me Home to discuss the growing tensions between freedom of expression, policing and politics. From the Jamie Michael case to jury trials, hate speech, public trust in the police and the future of British democracy, this is a wide-ranging conversation about law, liberty and the health of our institutions.
Recommendations:
The Invite (2026) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14173636/
The Sound of Music by Opera North - https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/the-sound-of-music/
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
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1 hr 6 min
About Take Me Home
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At a time when politics feels so divisive, and people seem to be operating on an alternative set of facts, the Left and Right are no longer capable of providing answers to Britain’s problems.
Hilary Salt and Sebastian Moore attempt to rebuild the political by making sense of what's happening in Britain, and exploring if there is a place once more for the politically homeless.
Check out the SDP website or get in touch:
www.sdp.org.uk