British society changes overnight as bureaucrats reclassify us all

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The UK National Statistics Office has issued a completely new set of socio-economic classifications. New categories of employment have been introduced to reflect the shift towards service industry employment and the fact that women now represent a large proportion of the working population. It was necessary to survey 65,000 people across 371 occupations to establish the new tables. The ranking of teachers, police and prison officers and bank managers has risen, while that of hairdressers, shop assistants and plasterers has fallen.

Statistics, Social classes, Social class

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The personal is the historical

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The modern age is bringing new dilemmas, but it is still better to be living at the end of the 20th century than to have lived at the beginning of the 20th century, according to Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff. He has recently been involved in the Radio 4 series '20/20,' which reviews the 20th century. He found that the public events of the 20th century have had a greater impact on him than he had realised. He also realised that relating the history of an era inevitably involves an individual's personal history.

Twentieth century, History, Historians, Interview, Ignatieff, Michael

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An anthem for our times

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The English national anthem has, like many others across the world, undergone changes at various points in its history to reflect political and social developments. National anthems tend to be the subject of very strong feelings, and can at times cause serious splits within a nation. It may be easier simply to have a single interchangeable anthem for all countries, but this approach is generally not welcomed by people with strong nationalist views.

Social aspects, Column, National songs

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