Connal Parr
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Good point. The Springboks rugby team had to stay in Co Wicklow when they came to play in January 1970, such was the pressure on hotels not to take the booking in Dublin.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Good point. The Springboks rugby team had to stay in Co Wicklow when they came to play in January 1970, such was the pressure on hotels not to take the booking in Dublin.
Thanks to the Institute of Irish Studies at QUB for hosting me a few weeks back to talk about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. Full recording of the lecture and question/answer session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLY...
Irish Studies Seminar: Connal Parr 26.1.26
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Thanks to the Institute of Irish Studies at QUB for hosting me a few weeks back to talk about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. Full recording of the lecture and question/answer session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLY...
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The press release for our book:
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Political writing retains an important and complex role in the national conversation, new book shows
Political published writing retains an “important and complex role” in the national conversation – despite huge social and technological changes this century, a new book shows. Books and magazines ha...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The press release for our book:
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Speaking about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement at 4.30pm today at Queen's - in person and online event. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar: Connal Parr, 'No Borders? The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and its legacies'
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January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Speaking about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement at 4.30pm today at Queen's - in person and online event. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website:
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
What Political Books Do (Even When No One Reads Them)
When we think about politics today, we tend to think about speeches, soundbites, social media posts, or rolling news. Books can seem almost incidental: slow, old-fashioned, and increasingly marginal.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website:
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
Wrote this up for the Irish Times based on a chapter from my book. This episode still resonates
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Inside the Dunnes Stores apartheid strike: Bad blood, life-defining moments and doldrums
Academic’s new book tells how the Dunnes Stores strike of 1984–87 led directly to a government ban on the importation of South African fruit and vegetables
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December 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Wrote this up for the Irish Times based on a chapter from my book. This episode still resonates
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The 2nd chapter of my book Solidarity and Pressure, on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, has been made free to read. Looks at overlaps with the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, trade unions, and the efforts of John Hume, Seán MacBride, & the Belfast branch academic.oup.com/book/61377/c...
Friends and Enemies: The Left, the North, and Secret Operations
Abstract. This chapter considers the powerful influence of trade unionism on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement (IAAM): a feature that was more pronounced i
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December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The 2nd chapter of my book Solidarity and Pressure, on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, has been made free to read. Looks at overlaps with the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, trade unions, and the efforts of John Hume, Seán MacBride, & the Belfast branch academic.oup.com/book/61377/c...
Newcastle pals - I'm discussing the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement with former Irish rugby union international Hugo MacNeill at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Monday (7pm). Hugo refused to tour South Africa in 1981. Free event in a great location.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connal-par...
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Connal Parr-Solidarity and Pressure: The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement
Dr Connal Parr, historian at Northumbria University, explores the Irish anti-apartheid movement with Hugo MacNeill.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Newcastle pals - I'm discussing the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement with former Irish rugby union international Hugo MacNeill at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Monday (7pm). Hugo refused to tour South Africa in 1981. Free event in a great location.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connal-par...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connal-par...
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Pleased to see that our book Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900 now has a cover and will be out with Cambridge University Press in January!
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Writing Politics in Modern Britain | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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July 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Pleased to see that our book Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900 now has a cover and will be out with Cambridge University Press in January!
@richardtoye.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/no/universit...
@richardtoye.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/no/universit...
My book about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement is published in October. Hope people find it relevant and a good read.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My book about the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement is published in October. Hope people find it relevant and a good read.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Learning from messy Northern Ireland civil rights campaign sharedfuture.news/learning-fro...
Shared Future News — Learning from messy Northern Ireland civil rights campaign
Learning from messy Northern Ireland civil rights campaignby Carlos VILLASEÑOR21 March 2025 As part of At the Crossroads: The Campaign for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland, a project with exhibitio…
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March 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Learning from messy Northern Ireland civil rights campaign sharedfuture.news/learning-fro...