Edward Burke
@edwardburke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, History of War, University College Dublin
Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool)
https://edward-burke.com/
Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool)
https://edward-burke.com/
An interesting FWW letter from Pte Stares of 21 Bn (Ontario), Canadian Expeditionary Force. "Heard a fine sermon yesterday from Rev. Mr. Frost describing the same stand England is taking to-day as William did at the Battle of the Boyne-for freedom and liberty."
www.canadianletters.ca/document-62332
www.canadianletters.ca/document-62332
document 62332 | Canadian Letters
www.canadianletters.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
An interesting FWW letter from Pte Stares of 21 Bn (Ontario), Canadian Expeditionary Force. "Heard a fine sermon yesterday from Rev. Mr. Frost describing the same stand England is taking to-day as William did at the Battle of the Boyne-for freedom and liberty."
www.canadianletters.ca/document-62332
www.canadianletters.ca/document-62332
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The things they make Forest players do in November
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The things they make Forest players do in November
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I cannot for the life of me understand why some are so against Starmer. He's improving this country by the day in tough circumstances, following 14 years of utter Tory devastation.
The UK electorate have short memories, narrow minds & little patience, & allow the MSM to manipulate them like sheep.
The UK electorate have short memories, narrow minds & little patience, & allow the MSM to manipulate them like sheep.
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I cannot for the life of me understand why some are so against Starmer. He's improving this country by the day in tough circumstances, following 14 years of utter Tory devastation.
The UK electorate have short memories, narrow minds & little patience, & allow the MSM to manipulate them like sheep.
The UK electorate have short memories, narrow minds & little patience, & allow the MSM to manipulate them like sheep.
A really important reflection on culture, tolerance and language by @clairehanna.bsky.social
This is leadership.
“The abuse – and there was abuse, even if there are now attempts to deny it ever existed – reveals that there is much to be done across the island.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
This is leadership.
“The abuse – and there was abuse, even if there are now attempts to deny it ever existed – reveals that there is much to be done across the island.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Claire Hanna: Presidential election made clear that we cannot just wish ourselves into a united Ireland
Sectarianism displayed towards Heather Humphreys was startling and depressing
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A really important reflection on culture, tolerance and language by @clairehanna.bsky.social
This is leadership.
“The abuse – and there was abuse, even if there are now attempts to deny it ever existed – reveals that there is much to be done across the island.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
This is leadership.
“The abuse – and there was abuse, even if there are now attempts to deny it ever existed – reveals that there is much to be done across the island.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
www.ochaopt.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
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I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
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Wow, there it is
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wow, there it is
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Utter scumbag
A genuine embarrassment and national shame that this man is still platformed by our media and in the pro-Palestine movement
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Utter scumbag
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For the day that's in it, remembering the three Sheehan brothers, from Fermoy, #Cork, who lost their lives in seperate missions over Europe while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Brothers in arms: Vancouver's three Sheehans died in Second World War, to be remembered in Belgium
Saturday service in Belgium's Heverlee war cemetery to honour brothers who died in separate missions within a year in the Second World War.
vancouversun.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For the day that's in it, remembering the three Sheehan brothers, from Fermoy, #Cork, who lost their lives in seperate missions over Europe while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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If confrmed, this sounds pretty dire indeed given the importance and the location of the three clusters of power stations. What can the West do quickly to help?
All power units of Centrenergo have gone offline after Russia’s overnight strike. The company’s three thermal plants, Trypilska, Zmiivska, and Vuhlehirska, have stopped generating electricity. Repair teams are now working to restore operations. The situation is critical.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If confrmed, this sounds pretty dire indeed given the importance and the location of the three clusters of power stations. What can the West do quickly to help?
Really important reporting by Anthony Loyd. The identities of those who led this mass murder of minorities in Syria are well known. If Syria won’t bring them to justice, the ICC should.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Really important reporting by Anthony Loyd. The identities of those who led this mass murder of minorities in Syria are well known. If Syria won’t bring them to justice, the ICC should.
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We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social
are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social
are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The quote tweets largely consist of an exercise in demonstrating nobody reads past the clickbait headline, maybe three paragraphs in at most.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The quote tweets largely consist of an exercise in demonstrating nobody reads past the clickbait headline, maybe three paragraphs in at most.
More excellent research on Republican internees in NI in the early 1920s by Patrick Mulroe
theborderkitchen.blog/letters-of-p...
theborderkitchen.blog/letters-of-p...
Letters of Pain
Recent Post: Is a Border Poll imminent? In the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), there is a remarkable set of letters from 1922. Hundreds were interned north of the border in the e…
theborderkitchen.blog
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
More excellent research on Republican internees in NI in the early 1920s by Patrick Mulroe
theborderkitchen.blog/letters-of-p...
theborderkitchen.blog/letters-of-p...
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If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
The temperature is warming and there is little movement from the 🐸
Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The temperature is warming and there is little movement from the 🐸
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Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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Another very good read from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism
The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right
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November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Another very good read from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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I love this…
It 's not quite winter yet, but the cold weather is heading our way. Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is a recording of Brian Gill remembering being inspired to travel from Sheffield into the Hope Valley to walk during the famous heavy snow of 1947.
#1940s #weather
#1940s #weather
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I love this…