Media & Comment
A selection of comment pieces, interviews, podcasts, and media reports.
UK Politics
(2025) ‘Labour has blows it’s first year in office’: What Reform’s local election gains really tell us. The Big Issue. May. [quoted]
(2024) Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election? The Big Issue. June. [quoted]
(2023) Podcast: Clear Red Water: The battle of the ‘One Wales’ Conference. Hiraeth. March.
(2022) Podcast: Wrestling with Welsh politics. Hiraeth. Sept.
(2017) Podcast: Welsh Labour Party Special. Desolation Radio. May.
(2017) (w. S. Whiting) What Scottish Labour members think about a progressive alliance. The New Statesman. 10 Jan.
(2016) The Same, but different: Wales and the debate over EU membership. Open Democracy. 25 March.
(2015) (w. D. Cutts) Why the rise of UKIP is a significant threat to Welsh Labour. Open Democracy. 26 May.
(2015) A political party is threatening the Union - and it’s not the SNP. The Conversation. 20 April.
(2014) Labour Conference: Playing things Safe, but not Sound. The Sir Bernard Crick Centre. 26 September.
(2014) How Scottish referendum could push English politics to the right. The Conversation. 12 Sept.
(2013) Cardiff Bay’s ‘Welshminster’ Consensus. Institute of Welsh Affairs. 16 May.
Pro-wrestling & Politics
(2005) ホワイトハウスで金網マッチ トランプ氏、反エリート演出の勝算. The Nikkei. 21 August. [quoted]
(2025) The Spectacular Violence of Trump: Assassinations, Conspiracy Theories, and the Pro-wrestling-ification of U.S. politics. On Violence. 1: 24-27.
(2024) Sad but true - Donald Trump really did wrestle his way into the White House. The Guardian. 14 Dec.
(2024) How wrestling and WWE got a chokehold on American politics in the age of Trump. ABC News. 30 Dec.
(2024) How the WWE Shaped Linda McMahon. Inside Higher Ed. 27 Nov. [quoted]
(2023) Radio: Charlie Taylor’s University Speaking: Wrestling and Politics. BBC Radio Somerset. 4 May.
(2023) From Powerslams to the Presidency: Bath’s quirkiest Research. University of Bath. March.
(2023) How can wrestling help to understand Donald Trump? University of Bath. 25 Jan.
(2022) Podcast: PWTorch VIP Deep Dive: Clash at the Castle. Pro Wrestling Torch. 25 Sept.
(2022) Podcast: Wrestling with Welsh politics. Hiraeth. Sept.
(2022) PWSA Meet & Greet Interview. Professional Wrestling Studies Association. 4 Aug.
(2021) PSR Interviews: Kayfabe, Smart Fandom and Marking Out: Can Pro-Wrestling Help Us Understand Donald Trump? PSR Blog. 7 Jan.