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Kieran Connell

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Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY out now with Hurst: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/multicultural-britain/ Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com

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

07.03.2026 16:18 — 👍 1838    🔁 610    💬 79    📌 22

Check out Michael Axworthy’s excellent work particularly Revolutionary Iran

02.03.2026 07:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Poor old Matt the Nazi - inject this into my veins

27.02.2026 09:58 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man wearing headphones is pointing at something in front of a poster that says england ALT: a man wearing headphones is pointing at something in front of a poster that says england

I would love it, love it if we beat them

24.02.2026 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s so good to know that, finally, the grown ups are back in charge 🥴

23.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tolu Arokodare: Wolves striker sent racist abuse on social media Wolves say they are

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...

22.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 194    🔁 55    💬 11    📌 1

Surely you’re never wrong

18.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson Many women reading this will have experienced something similar: a warning that sharing public space isn’t a man’s job, it’s a woman’s, says Lucy Pasha-Robinson, a Guardian assistant Opinion editor

A man pushed a woman in a London street to “teach her a lesson”. What the fuck is happening with some men right now

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

17.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

You need new sources @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social

13.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.

"The UK is being colonised"

Sickening language from one of the most powerful people in English football

11.02.2026 17:49 — 👍 53    🔁 13    💬 10    📌 5

🔥🔥🔥🔥

08.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Revenge is a dish best served cold

04.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

*drum roll*

Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!

I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...

02.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 254    🔁 83    💬 27    📌 4

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

31.01.2026 21:02 — 👍 2940    🔁 1445    💬 75    📌 222

Amazing, I love this

01.02.2026 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This note is from my English teacher, Miss Fielden. She taught me for 5 years, believed in me and encouraged me to pursue my passions.

More than a decade on, I’ve written my first book.

01.02.2026 13:40 — 👍 53    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 0

And you’ve watched loads of Liverpool 🤣

29.01.2026 21:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Charity After Empire Cambridge Core - Global History - Charity After Empire

I'm really looking forward to reading Matthew Hilton's timely new @universitypress.cambridge.org book Charity after Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation, and Development.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

26.01.2026 10:26 — 👍 16    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

This is good. Very good.

22.01.2026 21:00 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

So sorry to hear this Sarah. Solidarity with you all

21.01.2026 21:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations, look forward to reading

20.01.2026 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

End of season I reckon. Xabi will want a bit of time out I reckon

17.01.2026 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m on your side now. Xabi baby

17.01.2026 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The dad in that makes me want to climb to the top of the nearest skyscraper and throw myself off

16.01.2026 09:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Incredible, congratulations

09.01.2026 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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It takes one to know one I guess

07.01.2026 14:28 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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From an email to one of our faculty members....

Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

06.01.2026 20:15 — 👍 2782    🔁 1028    💬 127    📌 450

Performances have been dire like. Like, eye wateringly so. But as I say I reckon unless something really disastrous happens he will be given another shot not only with the PL win but also mitigating circumstances this year.

04.01.2026 17:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I doubt he will go tbh. Too much credit in the bank and a lack of alternatives, unless xabi becomes available. Everyone is shit this season

04.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ya think ?

04.01.2026 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0