Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
Pinned
Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months!
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Not sure what they’re going to teach at A&M—and why anyone would pay tens of thousands for a censored education.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not sure what they’re going to teach at A&M—and why anyone would pay tens of thousands for a censored education.
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Probably exactly how Virginia Giuffre felt about Andrew.
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
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"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
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‘I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show | CNN
Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have once again raised questions over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of his friendship with the late sex offender and his denials of the al...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Probably exactly how Virginia Giuffre felt about Andrew.
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
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A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
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Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
America in 2025. 😡
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
America in 2025. 😡
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
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A woman formerly enslaved in Virginia is the subject of a new monument in a town in England to where she escaped. I’ve lived in Virginia for years and never heard her story. This is the kind of memory culture we need. www.northshields800.com/news/mary-an...
Mary Ann Macham: Sculpture of escaped enslaved woman’s moment of freedom takes shape in North Shields — North Shields 800
Created by artist Keith Barrett, Mary Ann has been carved from wood and is about to be cast in bronze ahead of her installation at the top of the town’s spectacular Riverside Embankment Walkway later ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A woman formerly enslaved in Virginia is the subject of a new monument in a town in England to where she escaped. I’ve lived in Virginia for years and never heard her story. This is the kind of memory culture we need. www.northshields800.com/news/mary-an...
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Delighted to be one of the new editors of Race in the Atlantic World the 18-year-old rock-solid series of @ugapress.bsky.social. Am in great company with historians Toby Green and @brookenewman.bsky.social. The series expanded its scope across time and space. Bring on the proposals!
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Delighted to be one of the new editors of Race in the Atlantic World the 18-year-old rock-solid series of @ugapress.bsky.social. Am in great company with historians Toby Green and @brookenewman.bsky.social. The series expanded its scope across time and space. Bring on the proposals!
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The twist in this story is that the A-level student found it back in 1977 but we have only rediscovered this fact 50 years on
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The twist in this story is that the A-level student found it back in 1977 but we have only rediscovered this fact 50 years on
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
Made this spicy ginger mocktail for a friend and it went over well.
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Made this spicy ginger mocktail for a friend and it went over well.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Have been hearing about this all day.
New — It appears the University of Pennsylvania's email system has been hacked.
This hateful email just went out to the community (shared directly with me):
This hateful email just went out to the community (shared directly with me):
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Have been hearing about this all day.
“He has lost his title as prince, lost his rent-free mansion on the sprawling grounds next to Windsor Castle & lost whatever remained of his reputation in the public eye. What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves a fleet of moving trucks.”
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Andrew, the civilian formerly known as 'prince,' faces an uncertain future
What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves moving trucks as he packs up the trappings of his once royal life to move to an isolated private home owned by his brother, ...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“He has lost his title as prince, lost his rent-free mansion on the sprawling grounds next to Windsor Castle & lost whatever remained of his reputation in the public eye. What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves a fleet of moving trucks.”
apnews.com/article/prin...
apnews.com/article/prin...
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Trump's government meets all 12 indicators of democratic erosion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump's government meets all 12 indicators of democratic erosion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BREAKING: Prince Andrew has been stripped of all royal titles and evicted from Windsor mansion, Buckingham Palace says.
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BREAKING: Prince Andrew has been stripped of all royal titles and evicted from Windsor mansion, Buckingham Palace says.
LOL. This is the real deal.
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
LOL. This is the real deal.
Excited to be featured on an upcoming episode of the fab new history podcast, THIS GUY SUCKED. A podcast for haters, by historians.
www.thisguysucked.com
www.thisguysucked.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Excited to be featured on an upcoming episode of the fab new history podcast, THIS GUY SUCKED. A podcast for haters, by historians.
www.thisguysucked.com
www.thisguysucked.com
I'm looking forward to meeting students and faculty at Wake Forest University today and talking about my upcoming book.
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm looking forward to meeting students and faculty at Wake Forest University today and talking about my upcoming book.