SSE in the Media and beyond: June - Aug 2026
SSE's academics regularly contribute to global discussions, shaping narratives and providing expert insight to the press, new media, and at academic and non-academic events, . Read a selection of what they have been saying, writing, and talking about this month.
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Tim Bale
Why has Britain had so many PMs? Enoch Powell, in his biography of Victorian politician Joseph Chamberlain, famously declared that “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics […]
Leslie James
Quoted in the Guardian article: ‘Bold, truth-telling’: learning from the rich histories of pan-African journalism
Richard Johnson
Journalistic publications
'Could Rupert Lowe destroy Reform?', New Statesman
'Keir Starmer’s project was only ever about himself', UnHerd
Public Engagement
Centre for Public Engagement funded live recordings of my Since Attlee & Churchill podcast:
Manchester Histories Festival: 'Who are Manchester's great, forgotten MPs?'
Listeners' Q&A in Manchester
Media appearances
CNN election night expert: Michigan Senate primary, Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, Florida Senate primary
Miri Rubin
The mediaeval image of the Jew - and why it’s lasted, Unholy Conversations Podcast
Elke Schwarz
Interview in Goodbye Humanity, Big Tech and the New Algorithm War - Il Fattore Umano (RAI3 - Italian National Broadcaster)
Interviewed for Deutsche Welle: Drone Warriors - Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Wars of the Future
Quoted in the Daily Caller: Could AI Hallucinations Be The Downfall Of The Pentagon?