In the Media

"If you're Donald Trump, you'd look at past actions like threatening Venezuela. Venezuela didn't play ball. Their leader is now languishing in an American prison,” said Dr James D. Boys (UCL Political Science) on President Trump’s recent international actions.

“This is a personal real estate deal for Trump—it's a way of stamping his mark on history and satisfying his vanity,” said Professor Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of the Americas) on President Trump’s potential plans to invade Greenland.

"The two issues that propelled Trump into office—inflation and immigration—are now becoming his Achilles’ heels, especially among independents,” said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) on President Donald Trump’s latest approval ratings.

“The political use of milk is that there is something very evocative of milk as an idea. It’s something very familiar that can stand for much broader issues…such as health, rural urban relations, taxation,” said Dr Johanna Zetterstrom Sharp (UCL Institute of Archaeology).

“This was the initial settlement in the 1830s of that industrial society. The birth of modern capitalism, colonialism – these set the tone for the political, social and economic transformations,” said Dr Matthew Stallard (UCL History) on the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign.

“Social media algorithms thrive on anger and fear. Simplified forms of storytelling that rely on moral binaries – good versus evil, us versus them – are especially effective,” said Dr Emma Connolly (UCL Political Science) in response to recent ICE recruitment advertisements.

"The steam engine didn't just power factories; it also changed technology and the development of skills across entire regions over generations," said Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) on the societal and economic benefits of steam trains.

“By the 1980s, the Windrush generation had evolved a vast structure of black cricket clubs and black Caribbean cricketing talent,” said Dr Michael Collins (UCL History) on the large number of black UK cricket clubs that resulted in the country’s first black cricketers.

“Under cases of an AMOC collapse, some results suggest UK winters would be up to 15°C (27°F) cooler,” said Professor David Thornalley (UCL Geography) on how the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could change the weather in the United Kingdom.

“If you were a Royalist or suspected Royalist, you could have your estates sequestrated (seized) by the Parliamentary side and vice versa,” said Waseem Ahmed (UCL History) on why coins were likely hidden below the floor of a 17th-century home.

“You would immediately fall to the ground…the unattached rope held in your hand can’t provide the upward force,” said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) on what would happen if one rope broke on a swing set.

“He’s being smeared by President Donald Trump and his like as being communist or Marxist… but the fundamental here is that these are policies of social welfare that I think many Americans support,” said Professor Scott Lucas (UCL Political Science) on Zohran Mamdani.

“The Iranian economy has been suffering huge problems because of the economic sanctions that the US has levied on it. We’re talking about very high inflation, not the stuff we see in the West,” said Professor Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of the Americas) on Iran.

“It is a continued tilt away from Europe to increasing influence closer to home and denying adversaries access to strategic assets such as oil and critical minerals vital to tech dominance,” said Dr Melanie Garson (UCL Political Science) on America’s actions in Venezuela.

“Whatever policy issues one may have with Donald Trump, or whatever one may think of him as a human being, his stamina is remarkable and in stark contrast to his predecessor,” said Dr James D. Boys (UCL Political Science) amid speculation on President Trump’s health.