Expert Comment
What can history teach us about the current US election: Patterns, Predictions, and Lessons
Dr Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor of US Political History from The University of Warwick, said: "In every American election in history where the incumbent of the governing party has chosen not to run, the opposition has won. A more similar comparison, however, might be the election of 1856 – another era of extreme division in US history. The candidacy of incumbent President Franklin Pierce was rejected by his own party at the Convention, but their new nominee, James Buchanan, won comfortably that November."
April Jackson discusses Asante Gold
The Asante gold has deep cultural and political meaning, and the British looted them as a punitive act.
Professor Rebecca Earle comments on the King's Coronation Quiche
Quiche is a funny food. Forty years ago quiche was pilloried as an effete dish shunned by real men. Now the king himself is promoting a vegetarian version complete with soybeans.
Vaccine rollout biggest in UK history - Expert comment
"COVID-19 presents a unique challenge not seen outside of specific epidemics such as smallpox. Like with smallpox, the vaccine needs to reach everyone, and as quickly as possible", says Dr Gareth Millward.
The last time the US Capitol was stormed: historian Professor Tim Lockley comments
Scenes of protestors storming the US Capitol building yesterday have dominated news reports around the world. It is not the first time that the building has been stormed according to Professor Tim Lockley from the Department of History, who has commented on the last occasion in 1814.