'Immigrants, we get the job done'!! 🎶 youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds?...

Oh non ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The death toll is going up as I write this. Bodies being found. Videos from my friends in Rio shared (I can't beat to watch anymore). So many young people. 💔 What a governor would to on the eve of elections ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

“It’s helpful for Farage to have someone pushing at the door of racism... this is how they work out where the public is.” Is Reform using their MP Sarah Pochin to test how far they can go with their rhetoric? @maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

"Is the Nazi MP who says she's driven mad by TV adverts full of Jews a racist or realist? How many people of Jewish heritage would the German National People’s Party expel? And should Germany be selling tanks to Yugoslavia?" Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

The debate about the ILR might be the goutte d'eau for us. For the first time, the man is not shutting down a discussion about not living in the UK. Even racist France looks appealing to him right now. Le sigh.

Let's put the same manhunt energy as was put to catch the horrible predator (you know, the one called 'asylum seeker' as if not being an a.s would have made him less of a predator) who was accidentally let out days ago. www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...

The tides have changed in Wales. This is what I see happening in May 2026. Rhun is managing to rally so many Labour voters, it's very interesting to observe. I've heard him speak, met him and my scepticism alarm didn't go off. He does talk sense. Labour should be worried.

Bluesky fam: is this new and normal?

'She also said she had requested a report on existing security measures when she took over the museum in 2021' Yes! Laurence has been slowly making deep changes within. Not a 'Louvres protégée' & trying to move several mammoths ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Yes, they are actually saying that a "foreigner" who has worked here for decades, paid National Insurance, & is entitled BECAUSE OF THAT to a state pension, would be deported for the crime of claiming it.

QUESTION FOR HISTORIANS: do you know any British Ghanaian Historian or British Historians working on Ghana?

Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern: power, texture, sound, fury, beauty, grace, pride & much more ... Phew what a journey! On until May 2026. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

Wow! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🇨🇵 highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by far-right leader Marine Le Pen, dealing a major setback to her efforts to overturn a sentence that could bar her from running in the 2027 presidential election #Franxe #Lepen www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Is this the new 'boys will be boys' moment? I'm old enough to remember when making 'H*tler jokes', being a Nazi sympathiser & further grooming one another in secret groups were considered to be disgusting, a serious offence and actually 'a real issue' ...

I didn't know his music before this song. Many and more powerful ones followed but as a homage to the 1st one, here is d'Angelo. Such an amazing musician! 💔❤️ youtu.be/H_WzjiTzZBA?...

London last night at St James Piccadilly Church: opening of Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo's striking exhibition. On until 12 November 2025. Huge congrats to the artist and those who made it happen (special note to Reverend Dr Ayla Lepine). St James Piccadilly is my favourite in London.

Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg

'I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to deny history. I think it’s always really important to face your own history honestly ...' Toppling statues is an act of protest. It's about contesting a collective memory. NEVER about denying history. observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Hmm ... www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

When a racist obsessed with Black women follows you from X to here. I blocked the eediat here, IG and threads months ago. Now LinkedIn sending me notification he's been looking at my profile. Dude will be blocked there too!

Et ça continue ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wales ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've always thought that if a place doesn't want people like me, even if it's prestigious, I won't bother to try and get in especially if I have to pay a lot of money to be part of it.

I grew up in Handsworth. It is one of the most vibrant and diverse places in the UK, whether in terms of complexion or creed. For someone to feel uncomfortable there says everything about the kind of sameness they crave, rather than anything meaningful about Handsworth or Birmingham.

Wow ...

To continue to enjoy the fabulous exhibition currently at the V&A 'Marie Antoinette Style', join me in November. www.vam.ac.uk/event/d10aOY...

'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social. Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa. También en #eBook buff.ly/FQS18Fm

Some good balm to our souls in these dangerous times even if I'm not a Church of England's flock. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Just found out this is appening today (5 October) in Bristol. This Black mum from Wales, will be sick with worry. 'Anti-inmigration' is code for anti Black and Brown and those wearing the hijab if you didn't know. Thanking Claire, people and places like The Watershed for offering shelter. 🙏🏾

Incredible 1st ever Black Welsh Music Awards at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Co-founders: amazing artist Ify & Prof. Uzo Iwobi. Lovely moment with Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason & Levi Roots. I even got to present the award for best music video! Party still on but these mature legs are done 😂

Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.

London, last night at Mo Siewcharran Prize. A privilege to be a judge for this fantastic prize. it's for non-published authors. The publisher selects 10 stories, then we shortlist them. 1 workshop that then helps authors develop the application for the prize and the winner is introduced to an agent.

Manchester: 💔

Last night I attended the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize as Prof. Sadiah Qureshi's plus one. @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social She is the 1st woman of Pakistani descent to have be appointed to a professorial chair in the UK. Her incredible book *Vanished* was shortlisted by the Royal Society.

An enormous congratulations to Masud Husain on winning the Trivedi prize. Delighted to have met you and be in such good company on the shortlist. Also over the moon to have met Samira Ahmed at the ceremony, and be in a discussion with her and the other shortlisted authors. Now, term begins!