NEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2 Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond

Delighted to be on the @ihr.bsky.social / @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social seminar programme for this autumn! Come and hear me talk about my work on Britain and the NI Civil Rights Movement on 20th November. Or join online via Teams. More details here 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Presumably, votes at 16 will add a further level of unpredictability into the mix for 2029.

A clear and authoritative rebuttal from @alanlester.bsky.social here, that's worth reading for anyone working on subjects that might become fodder for dubious public commentary...

Something I see often in defenders of "AI" in the classroom (especially those who discuss "responsible" uses) is that, in using LLMs and then "critiquing" its output, we can then teach students to become more AI literate. This irks me to no end. 1/

‘As hereditarian thinking began to spread across the medical profession in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, anxieties emerged about the “feeble-minded” passing on their “defects” to future generations.’ Richard J. Evans on German eugenics before and after Nazism www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The broadsheet commentariat continue to be the most toxic and least accountable section of the body politic. They’re just paid to tell vicious lies with absolutely no personal consequences, ever.

A reminder that this @historylabplus.bsky.social event is coming up @qubhistory.bsky.social on Thursday 25 September. If you know any final year History PhDs, recent PhD graduates, or postdocs who want to join us in Belfast, please spread the word! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A mid-week plug for my recent article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' (@royalhistsoc.org) examining the influence of the Campaign for Democracy in Ulster and its role in 'parliamentary activism' 📝 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Regardless of whether Reform's deportation plan "works", if they get a chance to try it - like the Tories' Rwanda policy, or Trump's deportations - it will ostentatiously torment thousands of people and further engrain racism in British politics. It must be opposed on that basis.

The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.

Members of my family were tortured and killed in the Holocaust because countries like Britain said it wasn't their problem. Everyone said never again. And here we are. It's sickening beyond belief.

think that if "we must debate the fascists not no-platform them!" is your view then we have probably reached the stage, globally, where you may wish to wonder if your preferred way of doing things is actually working

Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters. Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Spend some time at @ulstermuseum.org yesterday, taking in Akihiko Okamura's stunning photos from the early years of the Troubles. They offer a fascinating alternative perspective on some key moments during the civil rights era, in particular. www.ulstermuseum.org/whats-on/aki...

The 2nd Lurgan Pride is tomorow. A relatively small town, it experienced a 1950s show trial so bad it shocked homophile activists in Britain. That event is now forgotten but we should think about the long ramifications of the virulently homophobic postwar years. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

OTD 1791, the Haitian Revolution began. By 1793, slavery had been abolished in this French colonial island. From 2020, after the toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol, Diana Paton on why slavery was more often abolished through violence than reform:

New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society': 'Parliamentary Activism? Northern Irish Civil Rights and the Campaign for Democracy in Ulster', by Patrick Thompson bit.ly/4mnLv6Y Patrick's article charts the role of the Campaign for Democracy in Ulster in relations with Westminster, 1/2