Human Geographer (retired, sort of);
Interested in national identity, sport, heritage, and many other things
David Storey
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Useful piece on recent events in Belfast
@rebekahmccabe.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahm...
David Storey
'All they want to be is Irish'!
Perhaps a slight misunderstanding there of identity issues in NI 🤔
"It is time this government had the courage to blow the whistle on a foreign policy of appeasement, cowardice and hypocrisy – and started defending the human rights of everyone, everywhere"
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Haiti football shirt deemed to be too political 🙄
amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
"There is a darker reality that often accompanies major sporting events, one that receives far less attention than the action on the pitch. For thousands of women, they can bring fear and intimidation, rather than celebration"
@karolbalfe.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/readme/world...
Migrants in the Mediterranean: Humanitarian assistance and military deterrence
@dondeniamh.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
"If chaos, greed and intolerance are the metrics, then FIFA’s showpiece is already well on course for a place in footballing infamy"
@joshbland13.bsky.social
joshbland.substack.com/p/searching-...
"The US of Donald Trump is tonally different to any host of a major sporting event that has preceded it: a country that actively wants you to see the darkness in its heart, the inhumanity at its core, that gets off on your revulsion"
@jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A kit design celebrating the triumph of freedom over slavery? We can’t be having that now, can we.
The men’s football World Cup starts tomorrow so here’s a plug for my book of football poems, ’50 Ways to Score a Goal’.
It can be read from beginning to end without having to pause in the middle to listen to Madonna, Shakira or BTS.
