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I have a piece in today’s Irish Times about the atrocities of last week in Belfast. The ethno-nationalist machine is tried and tested. How come the authorities are apparently so powerless to stop it? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

The first grim reminder of what a cesspit the British tabloids were in the 80s and 90s. But the Sunday Sport’s ‘countdown to 16’ feature was not the only one. The Sun was doing the exact same thing - and selling millions more papers www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Revealed: David Sullivan’s Sunday Sport sold sexualised images of 15-year-old girlsSunday Sport’s ‘Countdown to 16’ used revealing photoshoots with young girls to trail topless pictures published after their 16th birthdayswww.theguardian.com

A chance to win my book for free. What’s not to like.

The dearth of ideas in Labour beyond New Labour veterans and New Labour cosplay never ceases to amaze www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free | Aditya ChakraborttyTony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakraborttywww.theguardian.com

Zohran Mamdani’s customised Arsenal kurta for Eid is almost enough to make me want Arsenal to win tonight. Almost. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...

Mamdani made a play for fashion’s premier league in his custom-made Arsenal kurtaThe New York mayor scored a range of responses attending Eid prayers in an outfit combining football and faithwww.theguardian.com

With the Modern British Studies conference at Birmingham again next week, it was a pleasure to write this blog about my past research on multicultural Britain and my new project which takes me back to my Irish roots modbritstud.org.uk/notes-from-t...

Notes from the North of Ireland - The Modern British Studies AssociationIn January 2015 I took up my first permanent academic job as a lecturer in contemporary British history at Queen’s University Belfast.  A few months earlier I had made the trip over from Birmingham, w...modbritstud.org.uk

Was good to join Shane Beatty on the Newstalk podcast to discuss our new project on 100 years of Irish diversity. Listen below www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

The Long History of Multiculturalism In Ireland | Newstalkwww.newstalk.com

I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that storyRefugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realisewww.irishexaminer.com

Happening tomorrow evening 🇳🇱

I’ll be discussing the Rushdie Affair in Britain and the Netherlands at SPUI25 in Amsterdam next week with Leo Lucassen. If you’re in town, join us spui25.nl/programma/th...