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Rory Carroll

@rorycarroll72.bsky.social
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Guardian Ireland corr. Previously LA, Caracas, Baghdad, Joburg, Rome. Author of upcoming A Rebel and a Traitor. Previous books: Killing Thatcher. Comandante.

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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I reviewed Rory Carroll's A Rebel and a Traitor for the Guardian. It's fascinating, and I'd recommend it. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Love this. Taken by Brona Columb.
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Finally! Been waiting for this. The Kingdom of African Gold - the forgotten history of Britain and Asante gold. A @barnabyphillips.bsky.social sequel to the excellent Loot.
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If you're in London tomorrow and free around lunchtime I'll be giving a talk and signing books at Bow Street museum. An evocative venue - Casement appeared at court here before his trial. bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/whatson/visi...
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Events - Bow Street Police Museum
Explore the stories surrounding crime and justice on Bow Street. THE HUNT FOR ROGER CASEMENT: Rory Carroll at Bow Street Wednesday 25th March, 13:00 (doors open 12:45) Join us in welcoming Rory Carrol...
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
From Dublin to Congo, Peru, San Francisco and back to Ireland, there was Casement. Here's why I decided to tell part of his story. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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How Roger Casement and his hunter finally met - and we still live with the consequences
Rory Carroll on his quest to chronicle a largely hidden aspect of the 1916 Rising: the two-year tracking and pursuit of Roger Casement by Britain’s security services
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Great to see Roger Casement make it into this pretty nimble synopsis of Irish history.
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Having loved Barnaby's Loot, about the Benin bronzes, can't wait to read this.
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Weirdly mesmerising. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?
Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can do
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Ken Yang @kenjaminyang.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
As a classically trained musician I will never forget seeing my classmate working at the Starbucks across from the Royal Conservatory, when I had the privilege of fully devoting myself to practice and study thanks to a safety net my family provided UBI unleashes potential
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Forgive the promo but I'm excited to have a new book out soon and Waterstones are doing a 25% off pre-order deal from today until Friday.
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wow. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture
Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly pledged US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departure
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
“Sixty years before a deluded nobleman from La Mancha was overdosing on tales of derring-do, visiting his madness on those around him – and single-handedly rewriting the rules of fiction – the deeds of another heroic knight had already made literary history” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
'All three of the world’s military superpowers are overtly pursuing revanchist aims.' @julianborger.bsky.social on Trump's expansionism. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
'I have cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Trump claims he has cancelled second wave of attacks on Venezuela
US president also threatens land strikes on drug cartels in Latin America and says he will meet Venezuelan opposition leader soon
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“We will rebuild it in a very profitable way." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Venezuela cooperating fully and US will control its oil for years, Trump claims
US president says Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration is doing ‘everything that we feel is necessary’
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Analysis by Rory Carroll at @theguardian.com (who was based in Caracas 2006-12 and wrote a biography of Chávez) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Delcy Rodríguez strikes defiant tone but must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leader
Technocrat must accommodate US demands while shoring up a regime that is hated by many Venezuelans
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
During seven years in LA I interviewed many actors and film folk but the most startling and interesting interviewee was back in Dublin. The singular Brenda Fricker. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
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‘You think rape’s your fault’: Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker on her devastating memoir
She had a zest for life that propelled her to the heights of stage and screen – but behind all this lay a shocking story of violence, grooming and abuse. From her bed, flanked by pills and cigarettes,...
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
For those hazy on what kneecapping actually entailed, here's one family's story. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Our name is dirt’: how stigma of kneecapping haunts one Northern Ireland family
Rap trio Kneecap may be subverting the word, but the psychological wounds are still raw for victims of shootings and their families
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Love this. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Every week I look forward to it’: Belfast woman, 97, completes 250 parkruns
Grace Chambers, whose daughter dared her to join nine years ago, hopes to be first centenarian at her local event
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A wonderful way to remember and honour the inimitable, unique, much-missed Hugh Russell. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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The Irish News launches Hugh Russell Internship to honour beloved colleague
Launch article for the Hugh Russell Internship
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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll72.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So far so good.
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