SSE in the media April - May 2026
National and international coverage for SSE's academics and researchers across a range of media, from media, to online, to national broadcasters and press outlets.
Thomas Asbridge
The Black Death: A Global History, has now been reviewed by The Times , The Financial Times (with both reviews mentioning QMUL) and the Guardian.
Natalya Chernyshova
Natalya was featured at multiple points in the Channel 4 new documentary Chernobyl. 48 Hours to Escape to discuss the world’s worst nuclear disaster in advance of its 40th anniversary this April.
Becca Farnum
Becca was invited to speak at the Fordham Conference, and was featured in the article: The State of Hate: Fordham London Conference Examines Polarizing Rhetoric in the Digital World
Richard Johnson
Article in the New Statesman about lessons learned from Labour's losses in the 1968 local elections and the threat their poised to Harold Wilson's leadership.
Article for UnHerd about whether Prime Ministers can get away with sacking their Chancellors.
Appearance CNN discussing the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Interview Geoff Andrews, the author of the new book Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain, at an event at the Gower Street Waterstones.
My podcast 'Since Attlee & Churchill' now has exceeded a quarter of a million downloads, and was praised in the Times diary as 'excellent'.
Colm Murphy
Colm appeared on CBC news's 'Your World Tonight' radio show on April 20th 2026.He spoke about the political crisis engulfing Keir Starmer.
Yossi Rapoport
‘Conflicted Podcast’ appearance ‘The people who became Arabs’ on his latest book ‘Becoming Arab: the formation of Arab identity in the medieval Middle East’
Andrew Smith
Andrew spoke to France24 about the French centre right having a member vote this weekend about whether to hold a primary.
Ray Ward
Ray appeared on a TV production based on the new grassroots rewilding initiative around Seapods, launched in Sussex. It was shown on Freeview Channel 7 and Virgin Media, and you can watch it on Youtube.
Kathryn Yusoff
Interview with artist Kapwani Kiwanga: Revolutions Are Geological, Not Just Political Acts of Defiance
Curator for Earth Compass for Seaton Delaval Hall