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When fatigue & utter rage are cohabitating, endurance becomes both resistance and rebellion.
Received in my mail with a prepaid envelope. Words to Welsh voters from an English grifter with far right funders (well, the man will take money from anyone who can pay, to be fair) who uses people's fears to get them further scammed (Brexit).
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Received in my mail with a prepaid envelope. Words to Welsh voters from an English grifter with far right funders (well, the man will take money from anyone who can pay, to be fair) who uses people's fears to get them further scammed (Brexit).
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Dutch king says he ‘will not shy away’ from slavery history on rare royal visit to Suriname www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Dutch king says he ‘will not shy away’ from slavery history on rare royal visit to Suriname
The king and queen’s visit to the former colony is the first by members of the Dutch royal family in nearly five decades
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Dutch king says he ‘will not shy away’ from slavery history on rare royal visit to Suriname www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Guess who is now commenting on my LinkedIn page? The wannabe seen man (unless it's a fake) who is obsessed with Black women. Started on Twitter before X. Always starts like a normal discusdion but descent into racism. I of course I blocked!
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Guess who is now commenting on my LinkedIn page? The wannabe seen man (unless it's a fake) who is obsessed with Black women. Started on Twitter before X. Always starts like a normal discusdion but descent into racism. I of course I blocked!
An important conference I was honoured to be invited to in Algiers today and tomorrow. I can't attend as my son is graduating (🎉🎉) but do read this. Africa from South to North and East to West, is strongly mobilising.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An important conference I was honoured to be invited to in Algiers today and tomorrow. I can't attend as my son is graduating (🎉🎉) but do read this. Africa from South to North and East to West, is strongly mobilising.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
“A extrema-direita violenta na Europa não é a maioria, mas a maioria que a tolera é cúmplice”
Historiadora Olivette Otele fala sobre racismo e do risco de a maioria silenciosa se tornar cúmplice da extrema-direita. Esteve no ICS a falar sobre africanos europeus.
www.publico.pt
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
In Lisbon, reading this while I'm about to talk about European countries' illegal occupation of lands that were not theirs (they were not invited to come and stay) for 500 years ...
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In Lisbon, reading this while I'm about to talk about European countries' illegal occupation of lands that were not theirs (they were not invited to come and stay) for 500 years ...
This echoes the stories of people I've known for 2 decades. Disgraceful.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This echoes the stories of people I've known for 2 decades. Disgraceful.
In Lisbon now and this is on all news outlets here (colonial and 'post-colonial') links. Wow! My Portuguese is beyond rusty 😥
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Live: 'I have been deposed,' Guinea-Bissau's President Embalo confirms to FRANCE 24
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers claimed taking total control of the country, citing the need to clarify the situa...
www.france24.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In Lisbon now and this is on all news outlets here (colonial and 'post-colonial') links. Wow! My Portuguese is beyond rusty 😥
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
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Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg
Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are in Lisbon next week, join me!
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If you are in Lisbon next week, join me!
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
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"If the BBC does settle, how would it sell to the licence-fee payer that we have made Donald Trump richer?"
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
'If the BBC backs down to Trump, it doesn’t deserve to survive’ | The News Agents
What’s the next move for the BBC, after Donald Trump’s threat to sue the broadcaster for a billion dollars – and why what it decides will influence much more than its own future.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"If the BBC does settle, how would it sell to the licence-fee payer that we have made Donald Trump richer?"
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
London last night, Booker Prize Ceremony, red carpet, great fun and meaningful as always. Congratulations to David Szalay, the 2025 winner for his novel *Flesh*. Also, an opportunity to catch up with many friends 💛
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
London last night, Booker Prize Ceremony, red carpet, great fun and meaningful as always. Congratulations to David Szalay, the 2025 winner for his novel *Flesh*. Also, an opportunity to catch up with many friends 💛
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
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Wonderful to be at @thebookerprizes.com dinner yesterday and it is always a treat to bump into the amazing Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wonderful to be at @thebookerprizes.com dinner yesterday and it is always a treat to bump into the amazing Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social
If you are free this Friday.
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
Ornamental Blackness: The Black Figure in European Decorative Arts - Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
Join curator and art historian Adrienne L Childs PhD, in conversation with V&A curator Dr Madeleine Haddon, as they explore how decorative arts shaped ideas of Blackness in 18th to 19th-century Europe...
www.vam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you are free this Friday.
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...