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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wow. Good on them. The authorities left them adrift - a very brave move but the right thing to do. The world will remember them on the right side of history. Jason Knight: "I don't think the game obviously should be going ahead but it is going ahead." www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...

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Confusion in Hungary as players hold meeting - updates

The Republic of Ireland's press conference and training session has been postponed in Debrecen, Hungary as the squad deliberates whether to fulfil tomorrow's UEFA Nations League game against Israel. F...

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026

It’s a £41k job now that’s alright.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’

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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The paramilitary street wing has existed quite openly for a while now. This is just the latest evolution of the same fascists being able to operate with utter impunity.

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beaubodor.bsky.social @beaubodor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Spontaneous departure of spontaneous protestors from Dover Priory Train Station, marching to catch a spontaneous train arrival. Kent Online www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This article is the latest in a series emerging from our AHRC project (@leannemccormick.bsky.social @charlielynch.bsky.social @mauricejcasey.com) on 'Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation'. Other pieces to look out for... 🧵

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's a typical Carter-Ruck letter because the firm behaves like a post box: it repackages its clients' claims, sticks a letterhead on them, and uses that to intimidate people. The firm isn't remotely bothered that it's saying things that may be false.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Firefighters sought permission from paramilitary leaders before tackling blazes” Remarkable reporting on the June anti-migrant pogroms in Belfast. What will it take for the authorities to act? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

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The night Belfast burned: how the Northern Ireland race riots unfolded

A stabbing in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups. How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🧵1/6. #changes. After 28 years working at/for LSBU this is my last week. Social Sciences has been closed & I am redundant. Feeling sad as was proud to work for somewhere that embodied widening participation (since 1892) & research re social justice. Worked with some great colleagues & fab students.

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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My new short article is now out in no. 3-4, vol. 59 of @pop-jrnl.bsky.social. In the piece, I reflect on the experience of designing & delivering what was *probably* the first module on whiteness in modern British history in a UK university history department. The module is running again in 2026-27.

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Working out whiteness in modern British history

Liburd’s Commentary considers the place of whiteness in the teaching and research of modern British history. It does so through a reflection on the experience of designing and delivering ‘The White...

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I have a piece in today’s Irish Times about the atrocities of last week in Belfast. The ethno-nationalist machine is tried and tested. How come the authorities are apparently so powerless to stop it? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

People apparently being put out in Ligoniel and Tigers Bay right now, Sandy Rowe is cordoned and people are being evacuated

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The first grim reminder of what a cesspit the British tabloids were in the 80s and 90s. But the Sunday Sport’s ‘countdown to 16’ feature was not the only one. The Sun was doing the exact same thing - and selling millions more papers www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

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Revealed: David Sullivan’s Sunday Sport sold sexualised images of 15-year-old girls

Sunday Sport’s ‘Countdown to 16’ used revealing photoshoots with young girls to trail topless pictures published after their 16th birthdays

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A chance to win my book for free. What’s not to like.

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' by @kieranconnell.bsky.social! 📚 To enter: Follow us Like and reshare this post Entries close 11/06/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

With the Modern British Studies conference at Birmingham again next week, it was a pleasure to write this blog about my past research on multicultural Britain and my new project which takes me back to my Irish roots modbritstud.org.uk/notes-from-t...

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Notes from the North of Ireland - The Modern British Studies Association

In January 2015 I took up my first permanent academic job as a lecturer in contemporary British history at Queen’s University Belfast. A few months earlier I had made the trip over from Birmingham, w...

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Histories from Here, the MBSA blog, offers reflections on a variety of 'heres' - different points in time and space, career stage, life course and identity. We're delighted to launch with contributions from @kieranconnell.bsky.social and @owenjdowling.bsky.social modbritstud.org.uk/blog/

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Histories from Here | The Modern British Studies Association

Read accessible, original research on modern Britain from scholars worldwide. Explore Histories from Here, or pitch your own idea for a blog post.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Was good to join Shane Beatty on the Newstalk podcast to discuss our new project on 100 years of Irish diversity. Listen below www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

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The Long History of Multiculturalism In Ireland | Newstalk

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Hyphen @hyphenonline.com · 18/11/2025

In this quirky photo essay, artist Shizza Majeed illustrates her grandfather's personal story of belonging as a Pakistani man who moved to Britain in the 60s. ✍🏽Sabah Salam hyphenonline.com/2025/11/17/b...

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Friday prayer and fish and chips: portraits of Babaji’s Britain

Shizza Majeed's photography series tells her grandfather’s personal story of belonging as a Pakistani man who moved to Britain in the 1960s

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Happening tomorrow evening 🇳🇱

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I’ll be discussing the Rushdie Affair in Britain and the Netherlands at SPUI25 in Amsterdam next week with Leo Lucassen. If you’re in town, join us spui25.nl/programma/th...

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Louise @louiseann.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Some of you will know Anatolia's Barber on The Cregagh Rd. He used to cut my son's hair when he was little. I've just been chatting to Anatolia, whilst passing the shop. He's had to close it up because racists have smashed his window and tortured him for the past week Gutted for him.

A Turkish Barbershop on The Cregagh Rd, Belfast, which has been targeted repeatedly by racists

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Suburban Birmingham looking like Sandy Row in mid July.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A pleasure to buy a copy of BELFASTMEN by @tomhulme.bsky.social from No Alibis, Belfast’s best bookshop. A beautiful book, and one surely destined to become a future classic

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you’re Belfast-based, there are paperback copies of my book already on sale in the brilliant indie shop No Alibis!

A copy of Belfastmen: an intimate history of life before Gay liberation

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/03/2026

Israeli settlers have been filmed vandalising a boys’ school in Huwara, spray-painting racist graffiti and raising an Israeli flag on the roof. The attack comes as settler violence intensifies across the occupied West Bank, with homes and cars set on fire, injuring at least nine Palestinians.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“Historian” Zoe Strimpel, who for years now has been playing the same grift game as “political scientist” Matt Goodwin, is annoyed that even the right wing press things her new book is rubbish 🤭 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 07/03/2026

For those keeping track, we’re at the “secretary of war announces genocide” stage of the US descent into fascism.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Poor old Matt the Nazi - inject this into my veins

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

It’s so good to know that, finally, the grown ups are back in charge 🥴

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Racial abuse is routine for any person of colour in Britain with any kind of profile. Literally nothing is being done about it. BBC News - Arokodare third player racially abused this weekend www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Tolu Arokodare: Wolves striker sent racist abuse on social media

Wolves say they are

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