I was on BBC Radio Ulster Talkback today with @williamcrawley.bsky.social talking about "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" - listen here from 12:47pm! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Anaka Collective have set up a crowdfund now for helping support victims of the pogrom.
chuffed.org/project/1854...
I spoke to @france24.com this evening about the racist riots in Belfast. These are the images of the city being broadcast to audiences across the world.
youtu.be/sxvZtVefF0c?...
Sadly of immediate relevance
chuffed.org
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
New article! ‘“No race hate here”? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century’ just published online in Irish Historical Studies. Explores Irish attitudes to race and racism, including an ugly spate of racist attacks in Dublin during 1963-64. Open access: doi.org/10.1017/ihs....
‘No race hate here’? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century - Volume 48 Issue 174
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...
Refugees 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 realise
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...