Research-related projects covered in various media include:

• curating an exhibition on public houses at the Museum Schloss MünsingenLink opens in a new window in Switzerland (Summer 2000)
• lecturing on the historical context for 'Painting on LightLink opens in a new window', an exhibition of Swiss stained glass c. 1500 co-organized by the Getty Centre and the St Louis Art Museum (Los Angeles and St Louis, summer/autumn 2000)
• assessing the likely effects of changes in UK pub licensing laws for national French youth radio station Le Mouv: Radio FranceLink opens in a new window (23 November 2005)
• a panel discussion on early modern 'sex workers' during the Sexarbeit exhibition at the Kornhaus Gallery in Bern covered by the Swiss daily Der Bund (7 July 2007);
• a presentation of the main themes of my book Drinking Matters in a Warwick podcast series which reached the History Top 10 on iTunes U (April 2008);
• an assessment of the historical significance of sixteenth-century French king Henry IV for Swiss National Radio DRS1 (13 December 2008);
• a tour of a medieval Swiss inn for members of the public on European Heritage DayLink opens in a new window (14 September 2008; covered in the Swiss Hotel Revue);
• a symposium on the tradition of 'tavern politics' in German-speaking Europe at Braunau/Austria covered by the Braunauer Stadtnachrichten (30 September 2009);
• a feature on historical concerns about youth drinking for the Bavarian newspaper Münchner Merkur (14 May 2009);
• a public lecture on the political significance of urban pubs at Münster/Germany covered by the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (1 April 2009);
• a radio interview on the 'History of Time' with Liz Kershaw on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire (27 March 2011);
• an interview (June 2011Link opens in a new window) and lecture report (October 2017Link opens in a new window, 24-5) in the Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Magazine;
• a TV interview with Rory McGrath on Puritan attitudes to drinking for 'Pub Dig', a programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for the History Channel (screened 16 December 2011) and Channel 5 (24 April 2012);
• a newspaper interview with the Swiss daily Bote der UrschweizLink opens in a new window on the parish republic of Gersau (30 August 2012);
• a radio interview on public houses as pre-modern communication hubs for the DimensionenLink opens in a new window programme of Austrian national radio Oe1 (25 September 2012). [listen to the podcast here]
• a magazine feature on my parish research in the German monthly Vorpommern Magazin (February 2013), pp.16Link opens in a new window-17Link opens in a new window.
• 'Do digital resources allow us to ask new questions about the past?', one of three responses featured by Warwick's Knowledge Centre (June 2013)
• a public lecture on the cultural history of drink in the Europavortrag series of the Universität des Saarlandes, covered by the daily Saarbrücker Zeitung (12 July 2013).
• a sketch of premodern travel gastronomyLink opens in a new window for the magazine Wege und GeschichteLink opens in a new window (1/2013) published by ViaStoria, the Swiss centre for the history of mobility.
• excerpts from my plenary address to the Landsgemeinde (communal assembly) at Gersau/Switzerland (2/2/2014) in a podcastLink opens in a new window of Swiss National Radio SRF and the Wochen-Zeitung Link opens in a new windownewspaper.
• a survey article for the official communication periodical of the Swiss canton of Schwyz, explaining why the parish republic of Gersau should be seen as a 'little giant': Y-Mag 8 (2014), 72-5.

• an opinion piece for The ConversationLink opens in a new window platform, also featured by The GuardianLink opens in a new window, arguing that going to the pub could solve our drinking problem (2 April 2014), followed by invited articles investigating 'How much did our ancestors drink (and are we drinking more)?Link opens in a new window' (22 October 2014) and 'How drinking fashions changeLink opens in a new window' (25 August 2016)

• reflections on the findings of the 'Small but free?' conference24 on early modern republics at Gersau for the Swiss daily Bote der UrschweizLink opens in a new window (8 May 2014)

• a radio interview for the 'Sunday Matinee' programme of German station SWR2 on the cultural history of the picnic (25 May 2014) [recorded in this podcastLink opens in a new window]

• a historical interpretation of recent UK drink consumption statistics for The Times Link opens in a new windownewspaper and the Voice of RussiaLink opens in a new window radio station (30 May 2014) [podcastLink opens in a new window]
• commenting on Warwick Castle's new luxury B+B offer for the Marian McNameeLink opens in a new window programme on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire (29 July 2014)
• a course of five video lectures on the German Reformation recorded for the MASSOLIT website aimed at sixth form students (November 2015)
• report on the IEHCA's 'Food & Drink StudiesLink opens in a new window' summer university in the Tours newspaper / media platform La Nouvelle RépubliqueLink opens in a new window (6 September 2016)
• an article on historical drinking cultures for the Worber Post newspaper in the Canton of Bern (no 12, p. 6; 21 October 2016)
• an interview with the BBC News websiteLink opens in a new window exploring the historical evolution of Coventry's relationship with Warwickshire & West Midlands counties (26 October 2016) is picked up by the Coventry TelegraphLink opens in a new window (4 November)
• a podcast discussion with Bryan Brazeau on 'The Renaissance from BelowLink opens in a new window' (24 November 2016)
• an assessment of Luther's Ninety-Five Theses on the occasion of their quincentenary for the Modern History ReviewLink opens in a new window aimed at A-level students (vol. 19, issue 4, April 2017)
• launching a series of blog posts from IEHCA Summer UniversityLink opens in a new window participants on food & drink studies for 'The Recipes Project' (7 November 2017)
• helping actress Marta Dusseldorp explore her Swiss ancestry for 'Who do you think you are?' Australia, particularly Rosina Probst who ran the Bear inn at Ins around 1880, shortly before her daughter Lina emigrated to Australia (filmed in November 2018 and screened on 14 May 2019)
• participating in a 'Roundtable' TRT World TV panel debate on the fall of the Berlin wall moderated by David Foster (7 November 2019)
• discussing the impact of Brexit on researchers from Europe for the Journal Panorama programme of Austrian national radio station Ö1 (16 January 2020)
• offering 'expert comments' on the upgrade in listed status of historic drinking premises and proposals for the post-lockdown reopening of public houses in England (Warwick Uni Press Office, 7 February 2020 and 23 June 2020)
• providing historical context on pub licensing hours for a feature story of Swiss daily newspaper Der Bund (12 June 2020, p. 15)
• guiding a Virtual Tour of the county town of Warwick as part of an online 'History Walks' series (October 2020)
• introducing the FEAST! theme in the University of Warwick's Resonate Festival for Coventry UK City of Culture on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire (10 November 2021):
  and commenting on the Berkswell Feast Food Fair for the Coventry Observer (24 March 2022)
• advising US TV genealogy series Finding Your RootsLink opens in a new window about the Swiss Peasants' War to contextualize an ancestor of US singer Cindy Lauper (season 9, episode aired on 24 January 2023)
• documenting my research on tower capsules in a video series commissioned by the Gerda Henkel Foundation - the visit to Gersau (Schwyz / Switzerland), where the project started, was reported in two newspapers of the region (Bote der UrschweizLink opens in a new window & Wochen-ZeitungLink opens in a new window in early November 2023)
• radio features on the tower capsule project for the Matinee programme of German radio station SWR2 (on the theme of 'Spitzen', 10 December 2023); for the Warwick History Hour of RAW student radio with presenter Izzy and students Angel & Ben (21 May 2024); the 'Küste im Gespräch' / 'Der MorgenLink opens in a new window' features on Swiss national stations SRF 2 (4 July 2024) / SRF 1 (23 July 2024) and the 'Glauben, Zweifeln, Leben' programme on German radio Bayern 2 (8 September 2024)
• extended stories on my tower capsule field work for Zurich appeared in Swiss newspapers Tages Anzeiger, Der Landbote and Zürichseezeitung (24/25 January 2025); a two-page article on findings for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was published in the German news magazine Der Spiegel (27 January 2024); and reports focusing on tower capsule secrets featured in the Munich daily Süddeutsche Zeitung (21 March 2024), the tabloid Bild (19 April 2024) and Berlin paper Der Tagesspiegel (6 May 2024)
• an online article on tower capsule sites / deposits in and around the city of Bregenz in western Austria (supporting a clip filmed & broadcast for ORF's 'Vorarlberg Heute' TV programme on 3 April 2024)
• a personal profile focusing on the experience of emigrating to & living in England for 'Die fünfte Schweiz' (Swiss National Radio SRF 1, 1 September 2024)

 

Insight into the interactive nature of tavern field work at the Munich Oktoberfest in 2006. Photo: C. Stein.

 

Taking members of the public on an 'ambulatory interpretation' of Berkswell church during the 2013 Parish Symposium. Photo: P. McBride.

 

Addressing the Landsgemeinde held in St Marcellus Gersau on 2 February 2014. Pic: G. Bucher.

 

Fancy a bubbly? A historical take on changing drinking fashions: cover picture for my ConversationLink opens in a new window article of 25 August 2016.

 

Supporting postgraduate research at Tours and online

 

With Marta Dusseldorp at the Bear inn (Ins / Bern), recording for 'Who do you think you are' (Australia) in November 2018.

 

Introducing the 'Feast Food Fair' held at Berkswell church on 25-26 March 2022. Clip: Dan Watts/Lyndsay Smith.

 

 

Tower capsule project featured on the homepage of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on 21 March 2024.