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For media enquiries please contact our Communications Officer on 0203 108 1149. 

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We have history experts available for comment on a wide range of historical periods and themes. A full list is viewable here. We are happy to arrange for academics within the Department of History to take part in media interviews in London (for television or radio) or via Skype/telephone and to write features and articles for newspaper or magazine publication. Please do get in touch with Samantha Pickett to discuss your requirements in the first instance.  

2013 Coverage:

• BBC Two - Professor Stephen Conway contributes to "Fit to Rule" with Lucy Worsley. You can watch the episode on iPlayer  (from 45 mins)
• The Guardian - Dr Bernhard Rieger's new book 'The People's Car' is reviewed in The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/04/peoples-car-bernhard-rieger-review
• BBC Two - Professor Kathy Burk appears on Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman to discuss fascism. Catch up on iPlayer
• FP - Dr Bernhard Rieger's book 'The People's Car' is the subject of a story on the VW Beetle overcoming it's Nazi past. You can read the article here
• NDTV - Dr Thom Rath discusses the Legacy of Chavez - http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-social-network/chavez-s-legacy/267666?video-justadded
• Legacies of British Slave-ownership encyclopaedia launch - over 60 pieces of coverage received including the BBC, the Independent, the Guardian and major overseas newspapers. 
• The Observer - Professor David d'Avray comments on the new school curriculum - http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2013/feb/16/history-curriculum-letters
• Bloomberg - Professor David d'Avray comments on papal resignations. Read the story
• FT - Professor David d'Avray tells the FT about precedents for a papal resignation - http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2013/02/wait-the-pope-can-resign/
• ITV - Professor Stephen Conway talks to Julian Fellowes about branding and slavery on ITV's Great Houses - https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/great-houses-with-julian-fellowes/series-1/episode-2 
• BBC Radio 3 Night Waves - Dr Adam Smith discusses Spielberg's Lincoln - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pygmf
• BBC History - Dr Adam Smith gives a historians perspective on Lincoln - http://www.historyextra.com/podcast/24th-january-2013
• FT Alphaville - Dr Thom Rath explores the legacy of Chávez - http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/01/15/1337232/what-would-a-post-chavez-venezuela-look-like/

2012 Coverage: 

Television, Radio & Multimedia

• BBC Radio 5 Live - Dr Adam Smith discusses the U.S. Elections - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01npgc6/5_live_Breakfast_06_11_2012/
• BBC Radio 4 - Dr Adam Smith discuss the U.S. Elections on the Today programme - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01npjsb/Today_06_11_2012/ 
• Gamespot UK - Dr Adam Smith, Dr Benet Salway and Dr Antonio Sennis contribute to a programme about Assassins - http://uk.gamespot.com/shows/the-what-if-machine/?event=assassins20121105&tag=Topslot;TheWhatIfMachineAssassins;Assassins;WatchItNow
• BBC Radio 4 - Professor Ben Kaplan contributes to Miles Warde's 'The Invention of Spain' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01npb14 
• BBC Radio 3 - a four part series on 'The American Civil War' by Dr Adam Smith - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01063zt
• BBC Four - Dr Bernhard Rieger featured on 'The Golden Age of Liners' - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nf0nl 
• BBC Radio 3 -  Dr Adam Smith appeared on ‘Night Waves’, discussing the ‘performance of the self’ in American politics  (05 April 2012)

Print & Online

• The Telegraph - Professor Stephen Conway comments on Prince Charles' admiration for King George III - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9738292/Prince-Charles-names-King-George-III-as-his-most-respected-monarch.html
• BBC History Magazine - Dr Adam Smith writes on 'Race, Religion and Re-Election' (December 2012 issue)
• Stylist - Professor Kathleen Burk comments on the U.S. Elections - http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/what-happens-if-barack-obama-wins-the-us-election and - http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/what-happens-if-mitt-romney-wins-the-us-election 
• Metro - The Department provides questions for a British History quiz (following David Cameron's appearance on the Letterman show) - http://www.metro.co.uk/news/913520-david-cameron-promises-to-brush-up-on-british-history-after-letterman-test 
• BBC News - Dr Benet Salway talks about the Roman Emperor Caligula -www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17990615
• The Guardian - Professor Catherine Hall discusses the Women's Library - www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/01/womens-library-history?newsfeed=true 
• History Today - Dr Adam Smith reviews two books - www.historytoday.com/blog/2012/03/great-interwar-crisis-america-hitler-and-un
• New York Times - Simon Renton talks about undergraduate courses in the UK - www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/education/undergraduate-courses-on-decline-in-britain.html?_r=1
• The Guardian - Simon Renton comments on UCL's proposals for an additional campus in the Olympic borough of Newham - www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/feb/20/universities-olympic-2012-legacy-collaboration?newsfeed=true