Richard Carr
@richardcarr.bsky.social
https://www.routledge.com/Britain-and-Ireland-from-the-Treaty-to-the-Troubles-Independence-and-Interdependence-c-1921-1973/Carr/p/book/9781032879871
History/politics lecturer. My views only.
Books about British-Irish relations, Blair/Clinton, Chaplin etc
History/politics lecturer. My views only.
Books about British-Irish relations, Blair/Clinton, Chaplin etc
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Richard Carr
@richardcarr.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Britain and Ireland from the Treaty to the Troubles: Independence and Interdependence, c. 1921-1973
Using extensive and fresh archival material, this book places the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1921 in a new light, encouraging us to rethink the dominant narrative of con...
www.routledge.com
My book on Britain and Ireland from the 1920s to the early 1970s is now available to pre-order (sure, given the price, very likely for an institutional library - but hey, flag it up).
Trade, tariffs, and sovereignty - so very current. Also marriage and migration.
www.routledge.com/Britain-and-...
Trade, tariffs, and sovereignty - so very current. Also marriage and migration.
www.routledge.com/Britain-and-...
Oh but when my module evaluation scores are at -57 then it’s all “what’s going on in there?” and “we will replace you with an AI bot”
Not *all* Labour MPs wanted McSweeney out.
“Gutted about Morgan”, one texts.
“So many of us know he’s brilliant to work with, so exceptional at the bigger picture strategic thinking, relentlessly focused on the moving pieces… and credit him with winning the majority”.
“Gutted about Morgan”, one texts.
“So many of us know he’s brilliant to work with, so exceptional at the bigger picture strategic thinking, relentlessly focused on the moving pieces… and credit him with winning the majority”.
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Oh but when my module evaluation scores are at -57 then it’s all “what’s going on in there?” and “we will replace you with an AI bot”
A lot of updated LinkedIn’s/new headshots in SW1 this afternoon, surely
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A lot of updated LinkedIn’s/new headshots in SW1 this afternoon, surely
Wait there’s a third Chris Williamson I need to know about?
Choosing to believe that Chris Williamson lost some kind of bet which is why he has been forced to propose this:
Chris Williamson proposes Neom-informed Loop to connect northern British cities
Chris Williamson has proposed linking nine northern British cities with The Loop – a raised high-speed railway informed by Neom's megacity The Line.
www.dezeen.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Wait there’s a third Chris Williamson I need to know about?
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The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
Did a cake. It’s woke to go overboard on the finessing stuff at the end
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Did a cake. It’s woke to go overboard on the finessing stuff at the end
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NEW BOOK!
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
NEW BOOK!
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
Max gets it
The change in facial expression as he realizes what's happening lol
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Max gets it
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Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here:
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January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Interested in the intersection between policymaking, especially in the UK, and academic research? Come work with us! The @mileendinstitute.bsky.social at @qmulsse.bsky.social is advertising for a new Policy Partnerships Officer. Details and application here:
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Knew Labour
We've reached the "Maurice Glasman showed better judgement than the PM" stage of this crisis. Not sure there's any way back from that...
EXC:
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Knew Labour
At some point a viable path to academic administrative promotion became “launch some nebulous semi-timetabled but not core course ways for students to hang out - actual content is underlings’ problem” and we’re all stuck with the consequences
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
At some point a viable path to academic administrative promotion became “launch some nebulous semi-timetabled but not core course ways for students to hang out - actual content is underlings’ problem” and we’re all stuck with the consequences
If Bluesky really is the capital of woke I feel that there should have been more discussion here of Waitrose’s utterly pointless move from The Weekend mini-paper to Your Week InFood:
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
If Bluesky really is the capital of woke I feel that there should have been more discussion here of Waitrose’s utterly pointless move from The Weekend mini-paper to Your Week InFood:
A minor thing but the odds are all over the show on next PM www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...
Ed M has come in quite a lot. The fact you get 100/1 most places on the current Chancellor is mad. Just constitutionally in case the thing just falls over is Lucy Powell at 33/1 good? Who knows!
Ed M has come in quite a lot. The fact you get 100/1 most places on the current Chancellor is mad. Just constitutionally in case the thing just falls over is Lucy Powell at 33/1 good? Who knows!
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February 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A minor thing but the odds are all over the show on next PM www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...
Ed M has come in quite a lot. The fact you get 100/1 most places on the current Chancellor is mad. Just constitutionally in case the thing just falls over is Lucy Powell at 33/1 good? Who knows!
Ed M has come in quite a lot. The fact you get 100/1 most places on the current Chancellor is mad. Just constitutionally in case the thing just falls over is Lucy Powell at 33/1 good? Who knows!
Lovely Decoding the Gurus analysis of this absolute muppet www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29...
Andrew Gold’s "Heretical" Interview with an Ethnonationalist
YouTube video by Decoding the Gurus
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February 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Lovely Decoding the Gurus analysis of this absolute muppet www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29...
Basic comms but we're all busy people: what is Pride In Place? Money towards saving a scout hut, local pub, sports centre or whatever, right? Then why not topline it as that rather than some IPPR report title
February 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Basic comms but we're all busy people: what is Pride In Place? Money towards saving a scout hut, local pub, sports centre or whatever, right? Then why not topline it as that rather than some IPPR report title
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this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
The composition of most academic interview panels I’ve been a candidate for has really been mad when you think about it. A subject specific lecturer, sure. A non-subject specific lecturer: I…guess. Deputy Dean for Not Taught in Fifteen Years? What? Someone from payroll? Why?
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The composition of most academic interview panels I’ve been a candidate for has really been mad when you think about it. A subject specific lecturer, sure. A non-subject specific lecturer: I…guess. Deputy Dean for Not Taught in Fifteen Years? What? Someone from payroll? Why?
A mate texts: "Who is this for?"
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
A mate texts: "Who is this for?"
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Everyday I think back to this headline
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Everyday I think back to this headline
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Can anyone *imagine* what would have happened if it had become public, at the height of the financial crisis, that Mandelson was leaking to Wall Street, and advising bankers to threaten his own Government? To stop a tax on bankers' bonuses!
Would the Government have fallen?
Would the Government have fallen?
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Can anyone *imagine* what would have happened if it had become public, at the height of the financial crisis, that Mandelson was leaking to Wall Street, and advising bankers to threaten his own Government? To stop a tax on bankers' bonuses!
Would the Government have fallen?
Would the Government have fallen?
Great listen this. Even if it gets four listeners, I want that teased REF deep dive too.
I've been busy this week... third and last, I've been talking on the @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social podcast. A bit about my book, a lot about the disaster now unfolding in Britain's universities. It's an hour, but it's fun: www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-...
Oh God, What Now? Podcast | Podmasters
Oh God, What Now? combines top-quality guests, expert analysis and poor-quality jokes to make the unbearable bearable. Launched from the anti-Brexit movement in 2017, Oh God, What Now? is on a mission...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Great listen this. Even if it gets four listeners, I want that teased REF deep dive too.
Did the Battersea Power Station lift panoramic view thing with great Cinnamon Kitchen lunch. Lift thing began with a weird propaganda video talking about the rebuild. “This could have been a theme park! It could have been a football ground! But it’s a… [shopping centre/luxury flats].” Weird pay off.
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Did the Battersea Power Station lift panoramic view thing with great Cinnamon Kitchen lunch. Lift thing began with a weird propaganda video talking about the rebuild. “This could have been a theme park! It could have been a football ground! But it’s a… [shopping centre/luxury flats].” Weird pay off.
Ok this looks a cool gig
Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Ok this looks a cool gig
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I mean, Kid Rock, sure, that’s their one guy. The rest I assume are a genAI response to the prompt “make up some plausible names for generic right-wing American entertainers”
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I mean, Kid Rock, sure, that’s their one guy. The rest I assume are a genAI response to the prompt “make up some plausible names for generic right-wing American entertainers”
It’s true. These guys went out of business in 2021
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
It’s true. These guys went out of business in 2021
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Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
February 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%