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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾
@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
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Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 3h
New post: On the way refugees' narratives are told on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion, focusing on episodes on 'Kindertransport', 'Ugandan Asians', and 'Vietnamese Boat People'. A 🧵 on its themes...

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Refugee Narratives on The Reunion
Episodes of BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion have given refugees to Britain opportunities to narrate their stories in dialogue with each other, but within parameters it also set.
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New post: On the way refugees' narratives are told on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion, focusing on episodes on 'Kindertransport', 'Ugandan Asians', and 'Vietnamese Boat People'. A 🧵 on its themes...

#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky
Refugee Narratives on The Reunion
Episodes of BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion have given refugees to Britain opportunities to narrate their stories in dialogue with each other, but within parameters it also set.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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At the @ihr.bsky.social today, having a writing day, and then looking forward to attending @mklassen.bsky.social's paper at this evening's @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social seminar.
Friendly Warnings: Youth and Protection in British Sexual Surveillance of International Travel, 1885–1914
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February 10, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Meanwhile at Senate House today, this squirrel is using a napkin like it’s auditioning for a role in the next Beatrix Potter film adaptation.
Grey squirrel holding a crumpled tissue to its face, in front of a ‘Bloom - University of London’ van.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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This is quite a useful primer on this topic for anyone from outside the UK wondering quite why the Epstein scandal is having such a damaging impact on the British government and prime minister.
drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 9h
‘Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?’, w/ Tristan Redmond, Asma Khalid & @georgewparker.bsky.social on ‘The Global Story’.
Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?
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February 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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'Why Arteta is prioritising substance over style', w/ @aakinwo.bsky.social, @gunnerblog.bsky.social & @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social, on @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast.
Why Arteta is prioritising substance over style
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February 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Once again, it is neither fair nor right that Ricardo Calafiori is a) really good at football and b) while getting to look like this.
emilyoram.bsky.social Emily ✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 9h
Adidas are trying to kill me, Jesus Christ
Footballer Riccardo Calafiori wearing just a pair of tight adidas boxers, balancing a football on his head Footballer Riccardo Calafiori wearing a pair of tight white adidas boxers and white socks while sprawling on a sofa
February 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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‘Uganda after Museveni’, w/ Alan Boswell & @kristoftiteca.bsky.social on @crisisgroup.org’s ‘The Horn’ podcast.
Uganda after Museveni
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February 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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sarahcrook.bsky.social
Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
www.swansea.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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‘Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?’, w/ Tristan Redmond, Asma Khalid & @georgewparker.bsky.social on ‘The Global Story’.
Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?
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February 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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‘We need to talk about Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron’, by @feverbitch.bsky.social.
We need to talk about Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron.
This article mentions multiple sexual assault cases and links to articles with graphic descriptions of assault. Please take care when…
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February 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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thelondonarchives.bsky.social
We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up!

Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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smidbob.bsky.social
Excellent article by m'learned colleague @qmulsse.bsky.social, @riakapoor.bsky.social which is available to read open access. Fascinating way to think about aircraft as sites/vehicles of internationalism and rights talk 🗃️
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Guardian Opinion page Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. Please don't put in the newspaper that I was close friends with Peter Mandelson Wes Streeting (accompanied by picture instead of nervous looking Rodney Dangerfield) I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. It was not just failed vetting: there was a failure of moral seriousness
February 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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maxlong.bsky.social
Very excited to announce this workshop on environmental approaches to modern British History taking place this September at @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Please share!
andrewseaton.bsky.social Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 5d
CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'.

A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.

Details in poster below, please share.
This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of ‘landscape’ or ‘urban’ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history? To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short ‘position paper’ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participant’s own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments. Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, ‘green’ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world. Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address. This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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smidbob.bsky.social
I've got an article for that! This 2020 article from @conteurohistory.bsky.social explored the process as it was practiced in the south: ‘Uprooting identity: European Integration, political realignment, and the wine of the Languedoc (1984-2014)’

doi.org/10.1017/S096...

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February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
The Starmer ultraloyalism you occasionally encounter on here may be the hollowest type of political fandom I’ve ever seen. He hasn’t pursued the politics they claim to identify with at all. Be like if Johnson had ducked triggering Article 50 and Brexiteers still hero-worshipped him regardless.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
A sad sight.
Arsenal banner being held up by fans saying ‘SIR KEIR THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BUT IT’S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE’
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
Today I'll be looking at women's activism with my Postcolonial London class, marking some of their essays, doing a bit of peer reviewing, and hopefully finishing a post for my newsletter on refugee narratives.
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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'The "Axis Of Evil" (2002) [Part 1]', w/ @jodyavirgan.com, @pastpunditry.bsky.social & @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, on @thisdaypod.com.
The "Axis Of Evil" (2002) [Part 1]
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February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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'Kung Fu Panda (2008)' w/ Christopher Holliday, Alexander Sergeant & @johnyorkestory.bsky.social on 'Fantasy/Animation' podcast.
Kung Fu Panda (2008) (with John Yorke)
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February 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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'1,000 Days of War in Sudan', w/ Kwangu Liwewe Agyei, @ikushkush.bsky.social & @mutasima.bsky.social on @newlinesmag.bsky.social's 'The Lede' podcast.
1,000 Days of War in Sudan
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February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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'The Donroe Doctrine', on the Know Your Enemy podcast, w/ @samadlerbell.bsky.social, @mattsitman.bsky.social, and guests David Adler & Matt Kirkegaard of @progintl.bsky.social.
The Donroe Doctrine (w/ David Adler & Matt Kirkegaard)
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February 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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evansmithhist.bsky.social
A long time in the making, @booklearning.bsky.social and I have published this article in AJPH on exploring the question of who joins far right political groups, using membership application forms for the National Front of Australia in the 1970s-80s. 🧵

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia
This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi-clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, hi....
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February 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
I don't disagree with this, I just do also think that Thatcher, Blair and Johnson showed that it is possible to get the other lot's voters without demoralising your base so much that you only get 34 per cent, and that the first two did so in a way that meant they could govern effectively.
jamesomalley.co.uk James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d
I don't disagree with this per-se (it wasn't just McSweeney!), but I do think it was pretty important that McSweeney and Starmer successfully repositioned Labour – with all of the pain that entailed – so they could capture as many seats as they did.
drjennings.bsky.social Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2d
I do wonder about anyone who thinks McSweeney single-handedly won Labour its majority. They do realise they were up against a catastrophically unpopular government? The 2024 result was very much an underperformance against the fundamentals.
February 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Half time adverts are like

‘“You are pathetic, weak humans, soon we will replace you all!”

Skynet…official genocidal sentient computer network partner of Liverpool FC.’
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM