Dr Ian Gregory (History) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s flagship current affairs Today programme, September 11, and quoted on BBC News online, September 11, about research into the links between poverty and mortality. The story originally appeared in the British Medical Journal, September 10, and also appears on the Science Daily and Science blog websites.
Dr Julia Gillen (Linguistics and English Language) is mentioned in over 20 national and international stories about research into the Edwardian version of Twitter - postcards. The story appeared in The Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Mirror and on the BBC as well as in international media such as CNN, the North Korea Times, the Hindustan Times, China National News and websites across the world including Yahoo news, Digg, Google, and MSN. BBC News The Daily Mail Daily Telegraph Hindustan Times
Professor Paul Farley (English & Creative Writing) appeared on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Review on 29 August, reviewing The Hurt Locker, new books from Nick Hornby and Don Paterson, the Arctic Monkeys and Miss Marple. Listen again to the programme here:. He is also featured in this weekend's Sunday Feature on BBC Radio 3 - Exploring Our Amazement' is a documentary on how poetry and its audiences have changed.
Dr Jim Wild (Communication Systems) was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland , 5 September, for a feature on the 150th anniversary of the "Carrington Event", a massive geomagnetic storm sparked by the first recorded solar flare, observed by English Astronomer Richard Carrington. To listen again to the interview follow the link ( Listen again) the newspiece starts at 22 minutes into the programme, and Dr Wild is interviewed at 27:24.
Robert Hardy, Research Associate in Computing is quoted in The Guardian, September 11 about mobile phones.
Professor David Allsop (Biological Sciences) is quoted widely in the regional media after being awarded £40,000 by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. And Dr Mark Taylor was on BBC Radio Lancashire, September 8, talking about the research. Lancaster and Morecame Vistor, Blackpool Gazette, Lancashire Evening Post, Burnley Express, Longridge News, Pendale Today website, Lakeland Echo, Garstang Courier, and the Chorley Guardian
Professor Jeffrey Richards (History) was interviewed on BBC Radio Four, September 3, for a programme called “Biggles: Adventures through Time”.
Professor Cary Cooper (LUMS) was interviewed on Public Radio International, WNYC New York, BBC World Service, and The Takeaway Breakfast programme in the US, nationally broadcast, on why there is a rise in depression.