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Dr Hannah Skoda, Associate Professor of Medieval History, and Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History, both at the University of Oxford, comment on a study that found evidence an iconic winged lion perched above Venice may have been partially made in China and arrived in northern Italy after a long journey across the medieval Silk Road.

NBC News, 5 September 2025

Robert Service, Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the Faculty of History, comments on the news that Vladimir Putin has been invited to Alaska by Donald Trump to discuss the war in Ukraine.

BBC World News,  9 August 2025

Dr Helen Lacey, History Fellow and Senior Tutor at Mansfield College, explains that the execution of Archbishop Simon of Sudbury was a highly political act reflecting widespread resentment toward the ruling elite, and emphasises that the Archbishop's role in enforcing the unpopular poll tax made him a target of public fury, reflecting the broader social tensions of that time.

BBC Radio 4, 27 July 2025

BBC Radio 4

02 May 2025