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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Parts of the Stuart Hall archive have now been digitised. Amazing resource

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Absolutely honking of data centre”, glorious

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The paperback edition of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN - coming in summer 2027 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The paperback edition of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN - coming in summer 2027 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Radical proposal: Oxbridge wealth and private income should be taxed on an annual basis with the proceeds redistributed to all UK universities

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reviving the old substack with a review of Knife, the new Alex Gibney movie about the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie kieranconnell.substack.com/p/knife-the-...

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Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

I went to see Alex Gibney’s new movie last night, about the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie on stage at a literary festival in 2022.

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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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It will be similar for the likes of Matt Goodwin I assume

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Will be back in Germany within 12 months. Simply not suited to the premier league. A modern day Juan Sebastian Veron

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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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good luck with it, come to Belfast to talk about it soon

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yep but the other problem is szobo would be far more effective as the 10 than wirtz

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The simple truth is the balance of the team would be hugely improved if you take him out of the team and add in a defence minded cm/dm

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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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

FF in its New Labour/David Blunkett phase

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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Be interested to see to what extent this resonates with the general public. Maybe I’ll flick on to GB news to see what the vibe is there

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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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You’ve properly taken one for the team here 😂

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fabinho is available on a free…

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I would even have taken Palhinha as a stop gap

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

I thought your piece was superb - an overdue progressive case for interrogating the structural issues that got us to this place

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

He will have fellow travellers still on the Cambridge books I’m sure

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s partly why it was so damaging of Arday to hire Carter-Ruck to kill the original THE story. An article alleging plagiarism in the THE would obviously have allowed a more nuanced response than a piece written by a far right grifter like Cofnas

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Munoz came out of nowhere so there’s hope. But I’m seriously worried. I saw a random link to Tomori today and almost celebrated

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Clutching At Straws Bob'S Burgers

ALT: Clutching At Straws Bob'S Burgers

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Are we even trying for a cb? Haven’t seen any concrete links

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Best of luck with the new chapter Cait

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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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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Cofnas is a racist grifter. But based on what I’ve seen, if Ardas was my student I would be highly confident of winning a plagiarism case. The two things can be true at the same time.

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Fair enough. Ofc they’re just allegations at this point. Based on what’s circulating online I’d be v confident of success in a plagiarism committee but that doesn’t mean anything. Just wary of automatically picking a side as I think it feeds the kind of culture war your academic work unpacks so well

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Again, if it was a student’s work this would still be a major issue. It was enough of an issue for editors to ask for article re-writes. It is obviously a hit job, but there may also be a genuine issue of academic integrity - the two things aren’t mutually exclusive

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ofc NC is racist grifter with a culture war axe to grind. But that doesn’t mean the left should ignore allegations of plagiarism. Doing so risks ceding the high ground to racists. Any student submitting an essay with that level of (alleged) copying would obviously face a plagiarism panel

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Will be the case in one form or another across Europe within a few years. We will look back on this in the same way we now view the banning of smoking in pubs in my view

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