Replacing slogans such as ‘hard-working families’ and the ‘squeezed middle’, politicians in the UK have been talking about the ‘just about managing’ or JAMs since 2016. There are around six million JAM families in the UK, but who exactly is this vast and growing social group?

With dramatic numbers of venue closures and a lack of interest from Gen Y in alcohol, drugs and hardcore partying, UK nightlife has seen a steep decline. So do UK clubbers now prefer more socially acceptable forms of leisure or are they simply responding to an increasingly regulated climate?

The obsession with British heritage has madeBake Offa bona fide TV hit and has fuelled the success of clothing brand Jack Wills. But why are people so interested in upper class life? Canvas8 spoke with Daniel R. Smith, author ofElites, Race and Nationhood,to understand the appeal of ‘poshness’.

Since the financial crisis put banks in the hot seat, they’ve been fighting to win back people’s trust and affection. Canvas8 spoke to 20 men and women to understand what could persuade them to willingly engage in the life admin of switching banks.