Paul Lashmar
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Dr Paul Lashmar, Journalist and Associate Professor at CityStGs UoL. HoD (2019-2021) Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
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Special Event | Paul Lashmar | Drax of Drax Hall - Bridport Literary Festival
Paul Lashmar - Drax of Drax Hall - How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery The Dorset based Drax family are unique in that they are the only colonising family to stil...
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'Drax of Drax Hall' with David Olusoga and Alan Smith. Final event in the BridLit calendar 2025, Paul Lashmar in conversation with Alan Smith, First Estates Commissioner of the Church of England about his book. Chair: David Olusoga. 12 Dec 16.30. Plse RT
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'Drax of Drax Hall' with David Olusoga and Alan Smith. Final event in the BridLit calendar 2025, Paul Lashmar in conversation with Alan Smith, First Estates Commissioner of the Church of England about his book. Chair: David Olusoga. 12 Dec 16.30. Plse RT
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Special Event | Paul Lashmar | Drax of Drax Hall - Bridport Literary Festival
Paul Lashmar - Drax of Drax Hall - How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery The Dorset based Drax family are unique in that they are the only colonising family to stil...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
'Drax of Drax Hall' with David Olusoga and Alan Smith. Final event in the BridLit calendar 2025, Paul Lashmar in conversation with Alan Smith, First Estates Commissioner of the Church of England about his book. Chair: David Olusoga. 12 Dec 16.30. Plse RT
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
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The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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About 300 employees of a nuclear facility in Russian Ulyanovsk region have gone on a massive strike because they are not paid any salary.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
About 300 employees of a nuclear facility in Russian Ulyanovsk region have gone on a massive strike because they are not paid any salary.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
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October marks highest number of Israeli settler attacks since records began - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-october-marked-highest-number-israeli-settler-attacks
October marks highest number of Israeli settler attacks since records began
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a report saying that October marked the highest number of settler attacks in a single month in the West Bank since records began.</p>
<p>The agency has been tracking settler attacks since 2006. </p>
<p>Accxording to the report, more than 260 Israeli settler attacks took place in the West Bank in October.</p>
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November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
October marks highest number of Israeli settler attacks since records began - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-october-marked-highest-number-israeli-settler-attacks
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More money for Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's legal fees
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
More money for Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's legal fees
Cheeky little take "founding Antifa". Great British film
Tune in at 18:10 to see Thora Hird founding Antifa in Went The Day Well
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cheeky little take "founding Antifa". Great British film
NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
Exclusive: Health secretary and NHS England chief warn of winter pressures and rising levels of abuse
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian farmland near Nablus - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-palestinian-farmland-near-nablus
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian farmland near Nablus
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="128" data-start="0">Israeli settlers torched Palestinian farmland south of Nablus late on Tuesday, according to reports from the Wafa news agency.</p>
<p data-end="341" data-start="130">Witnesses said the fires swept through large areas of Palestinian-owned land as settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, blocked villagers from reaching their fields to put out the flames or assess the damage.</p>
<p data-end="510" data-start="343">The arson attack is the latest in a string of settler assaults across the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces routinely shield perpetrators from accountability.</p>
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November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian farmland near Nablus - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-torch-palestinian-farmland-near-nablus
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BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
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❓ "In my experience, most people do not share overtly racist social media posts; they do not have criminal records for people smuggling or involvement in racist crimes."
"Our reporters have found key flag raisers with these kinds of CVs."
https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/
"Our reporters have found key flag raisers with these kinds of CVs."
https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
❓ "In my experience, most people do not share overtly racist social media posts; they do not have criminal records for people smuggling or involvement in racist crimes."
"Our reporters have found key flag raisers with these kinds of CVs."
https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/
"Our reporters have found key flag raisers with these kinds of CVs."
https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/
"At no point, however, does Biggar discuss the nature of the reparative measures that are actually being demanded by CARICOM, the association of Caribbean states." Excellent deconstruction of Biggar's argument.
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/04/t...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/04/t...
The Empire is Alive and Kicking and its Legacy Still With Us
The Empire is Alive and Kicking and its Legacy Still With Us Nigel Biggar, Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt, Forum, £20. Review by Alan Lester Nigel Biggar is the right-wing’…
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November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"At no point, however, does Biggar discuss the nature of the reparative measures that are actually being demanded by CARICOM, the association of Caribbean states." Excellent deconstruction of Biggar's argument.
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/04/t...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/04/t...
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Finally, the real triumph of reporting on Jan 6 was the work done by ITN’s Robert Moore and his team. They had the real scoop of the day, and I recommend watching their doc too. Brave reporting in a chaotic moment.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Finally, the real triumph of reporting on Jan 6 was the work done by ITN’s Robert Moore and his team. They had the real scoop of the day, and I recommend watching their doc too. Brave reporting in a chaotic moment.
Where I live, hedge fund bods are buying up land and not for farming. I cannot believe this government came into power without a pro-farmer and food security policies. This important report, published today, with no coverage except from BBC (Farming Today and Today Prog). bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Farming Today - 03/11/2025: Food security, no confidence in DAERA, where seeds start - BBC Sounds
A group of MPs warn that almost a quarter of current UK farmland could be lost by 2050.
bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Where I live, hedge fund bods are buying up land and not for farming. I cannot believe this government came into power without a pro-farmer and food security policies. This important report, published today, with no coverage except from BBC (Farming Today and Today Prog). bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
PL: Musician of the day. Natalie Tenenbaum. Thriller. www.facebook.com/watch?v=1330...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
PL: Musician of the day. Natalie Tenenbaum. Thriller. www.facebook.com/watch?v=1330...
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This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
If one is feeling annoyed with the NHS read this: A car accident sent her to the hospital — and $64,000 into debt - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
A car accident sent her to the hospital — and $64,000 into debt
This doctor broke her ankle in a car accident. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergency room.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If one is feeling annoyed with the NHS read this: A car accident sent her to the hospital — and $64,000 into debt - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Boss of the UK’s main betting/gaming lobby group tells MPs there is no “social ill with gambling”, warns govt against higher taxes on the sector.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Boss of the UK’s main betting/gaming lobby group tells MPs there is no “social ill with gambling”, warns govt against higher taxes on the sector.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
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Videos show Israeli authorities demolishing multiple shops owned by Palestinians near Bab al-Amud in occupied East Jerusalem.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Videos show Israeli authorities demolishing multiple shops owned by Palestinians near Bab al-Amud in occupied East Jerusalem.