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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So his government will drive practical education into the ground too? Odd message.

Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My contributor copy arrived today - really excited to read the other chapters! And do the usual thing of avoiding reading the chapter I did with the amazing @siobhanhyland.bsky.social - any brilliant bits Siobhan gets the credit, any bad bits I’ll take the blame!

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Delighted to get my author copy of this - including my chapter with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social on some of our wellbeing approaches from the @searchlightarchive.bsky.social. A fantastic first book from the annual conferences of @uninorthampton.bsky.social’s Centre for Historical studies.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

So the Greens have gone for a leader who wants to push their party to be more radical and populist, who is a former Lib Dem. I mean. I wonder if anyone has tried that before, and if so I wonder how it went....

The official portrait of Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We had an online shop hiccup so the Extreme Right Research Network Summer events may have appeared sold out for some. We have fixed it! You can book for our main summer workshop on the 6th of June at shop.northampton.ac.uk/product-cata... We also have an event for those in the west mids on 8th May

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The Extreme Right Research Network (@errnetwork.bsky.social) has updated its Extreme Right Aware CPD training for 2025. Thanks to funding, tickets are only £20 and we have free tickets we can make available for charities, community groups etc. Led by @pnjackson.bsky.social, on 23rd May 2025.

A poster for the event, in blue with a picture of a burning police van on the right. The main text reads:

Extreme Right Aware
23 May 2025
10am to 3.30pm
Waterside Campus
Sunley Hotel

The extreme right space is fast-changing and complex. What risks does it pose? What draws people to such extremism? How does it cultivate violence and even terrorism? What can be done to tackle it?

Updated for 2025, this Extreme Right Aware CPD workshop will explore the history of the extreme right, help you identify extreme-right groups and messaging, and explore how they organise and campaign – including in the online space.

The day-long CPD workshop offers an important introduction to those new to this area, will deepen knowledge, and acts as a refresher for those already experienced working on the extreme right.

Lunch and refreshments are provided, and parking is available. Tickets are £20, and free tickets are available for charities and educational groups, or as incentives for group bookings.

Please contact Dr Daniel Jones at: Daniel.jones@northampton.ac.uk

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This summer the Extreme Right Research Network will be hosting a free in-person workshop/conference covering the Extreme Right. With talks from academics, practitioners and professionals, it should be a great day. Please share with your networks, and get in touch if you are interested in attending.

A poster advertising the Addressing the Extreme Right Threat: A Year after the Riots workshop at the University of Northampton. It takes place on the 6th of June 2025, from 9.30am to 4.30pm, and is free to register.

The event will explore key aspects of contemporary extreme right politics and will set a research agenda for the Extreme Right Research Network based on the issues raised by all participants. As well as workshop activities, there will be four keynote talks from Prof. Roger Griffin, Dr Sophie James, Mark Wilson and Rajesh Thind.

We welcome a wide range of participants including academic researchers (including postgraduate and early career researchers), as well as practitioners and professionals such as journalists, policymakers, specialists from local government, charities and NGOs, and the policing and criminal justice sector.

Any queries, or to register your interest, please contact Dr Daniel Jones at Daniel.Jones@northampton.ac.uk.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This arrived at the archive today - a bittersweet moment with the last print issue of Searchlight. Some fantastic contributions and revelations within its pages - and of course, a bit about its continuing legacy from me. Really proud to be part of this moment.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Todays archival item comes from sunny Cardiff. Cardiff AFA in 1992 gets in touch with Searchlight to discuss BNP vandalism of a Jewish cemetery, and any known links between the BNP and Welsh nationalists who had been burning down holiday homes.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Just one more week before my winter break and I’m shattered in a way I’ve not been before. Just feeling worn out with instability and worry. I know many others are in the same or worse boat. And thus, please enjoy my cute-but-actually-an-arse cat

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Also in the box is the typed out talk given by the late Martin Durham to @historywo.bsky.social in November 1983 on the topic of Women in the British Union of Fascists.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Some interesting early finds today as I check on one of our store boxes. A photo here of a 43 Group membership leaflet. Note the high quality for the time, and the highlighting of their On Guard magazine, an early pure anti fascist print culture. Honorary membership £1 1s per year.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Going to be digitising more Searchlight to bring our holdings up to date this afternoon. Suitable as this arrived a week or two ago. The penultimate print issue of Searchlight. Really looking forward to the retrospective.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Also in our NSG box, this NSM membership card for Michael Edwards. 25 year old Michael joined in November 1962 into the paramilitary Spearhead section, initially paying a single week’s 2/6d subscription before paying a further two 10/-d monthly subs. The membership card included a photo.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

List of Nazi material being sold by Barry Smith of Lancashire, from our National Socialist Group file. The list is annotated and there is a letter from Mr Smith to NSG Area 5 leader Donald Mudie explaining most of the items he wanted are now sold. He did manage to get an Afrika Corps helmet.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Today has been largely Archive digital exhibition training, meetings about funding bids and paperwork. That said, nothing amazingly exciting. But I’m WFH so I get an excellent assistant.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Updating my British history module material, and looking back at some of the anti-Europe campaigning from the National Front that I looked at about 7 years ago. This headline always struck me for some reason. Suspect I'll share more archive finds here - maybe repeat my front covers series!

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

There is also some older stuff out there but yeah, hopefully that gave you an idea of what I get up to. And didn't bore you totally stiff! When I'm not academicing, I have a cute but deadly cat, am a liberal political activist, and an avid gamer/nerd.(8/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

You can also check out my writing on the ethics of archiving extreme material in manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978…. I'll return to the topic in an upcoming chapter (co-authored with the amazing Dr Siobhan Hyland) on wellbeing with extreme archives and teaching. (7/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

If you want to read about the US National Socialist Movement and Environmentalism check out www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7… (Open Access version to come April 2025 I think!). (6/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

You can find my writing about Spearhead and the creation of para-familial nationalist communities through magazines open access at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108…. (5/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I also section edit Modern Faiths and Ideologies within Religion Compass journal (compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/jou…). If you are an early career academic or a PGR and want to write a survey piece introducing an area of modern political or religious faith, reach out. (4/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I am also an archivist, and run a major university-held collection that has come from a prominent UK antifascist magazine. I write about the ethics and pedagogies around extreme collections and how we can use them for teaching and for outreach. (2/8)

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 21/05/2024

Following feedback, and interest from abroad, we have switched our workshop/conference on local contexts of extremism to an online event. If you'd like to come along, or give a talk, do get in touch! Some great talks already lined up. 🗃️

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

The in-person workshop/small conference I'm running with @siobhanhyland.bsky.social has extended its call for proposals until May 4th. Aimed at both charities and others working around radicalisation, as well as historians 🗃️ and other academics working in this area. If you are curious, get in touch!

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Last day to get abstracts in for this in person conference at Northampton on 4th July. Want to present your work that examines extremism in relation to place or sub-national contexts? Want to engage with a mixed audience of practitioners and academics? Drop us an email! 🗃️

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

Just under a month left on this call for papers/proposals. If you don't want to give a paper, but would like to attend let me know so I can tell you once we have registration open. Will be relevant to academics, people working in charity/education/police/Local Gov countering or monitoring extremism.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

A call for papers! 4th of July we are hosting a workshop bringing together practitioners and academics exploring local contexts of extremism. If you are interested, please see the image below or share in your networks. Deadline is 12th April for abstracts/ideas.

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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Delighted to have got my author copy of this. Excited to read the other chapters, and really grateful to Bernhard Forchtner for letting me be an interloping historian, looking at the American NSM and their use of environmental imagery in the 2010s. My first post-PhD chapter in print! 🗃️

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