Sean Carey
@seancarey.bsky.social
Social anthropologist - Brick Lane-Banglatown and Mauritius aficionado. Written for The Guardian, On London, New African, African Business and Anthropology Today
Mauritius’ pink pigeon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jersey breeding scheme boosts pink pigeon population
The zoo transported four pigeons to the Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary in Mauritius.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Mauritius’ pink pigeon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For some, Hayes, Hillingdon will always be Hayes, Middlesex, due to its past association with vinyl. Today, its shopkeepers engage in High Street heroics against the odds. I met some great people there: www.onlondon.co.uk/hayes-hillin.... @nickplumb.bsky.social @howarddawber.bsky.social #truelondon
Hayes, Hillingdon: High Street heroics against the odds
Shopkeepers in a town in the west of outer London are showing remarkable resilience in the face of many difficulties
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For some, Hayes, Hillingdon will always be Hayes, Middlesex, due to its past association with vinyl. Today, its shopkeepers engage in High Street heroics against the odds. I met some great people there: www.onlondon.co.uk/hayes-hillin.... @nickplumb.bsky.social @howarddawber.bsky.social #truelondon
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"Preferred site" for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets relocation confirmed: www.onlondon.co.uk/preferred-si... #london
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Preferred site" for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets relocation confirmed: www.onlondon.co.uk/preferred-si... #london
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Latest Talk About London podcast with me, Leanne Tritton of The London Society& the brilliant Professor Greg Clark on how #London is perceived from abroad. Foreigners seem keener on the city than UK national governments, something they find rather puzzling: www.onlondon.co.uk/what-does-th....
What does the rest of the world think of London?
At home, the capital is often denigrated and slighted, yet it is still greatly admired abroad
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Latest Talk About London podcast with me, Leanne Tritton of The London Society& the brilliant Professor Greg Clark on how #London is perceived from abroad. Foreigners seem keener on the city than UK national governments, something they find rather puzzling: www.onlondon.co.uk/what-does-th....
London’s oldest Indian restaurant sells up www.thecaterer.com/news/veerasw...
Veeraswamy owner MW Eat sold to Canadian firm
The new investment will see the restaurant group expand overseas and develop new brands
www.thecaterer.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
London’s oldest Indian restaurant sells up www.thecaterer.com/news/veerasw...
Interesting that the YellowBrickRoad does not extend into the Bengali section of Brick Lane www.creativebrief.com/bite/fuel-yo...
Wicked: For Good transforms Brick Lane into yellow brick road | Creativebrief
The stunt marks the launch of Wicked: For Good in cinemas
www.creativebrief.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Interesting that the YellowBrickRoad does not extend into the Bengali section of Brick Lane www.creativebrief.com/bite/fuel-yo...
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Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it | Polly Toynbee
Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it | Polly Toynbee
The party sees its harsh policies as politically necessary. But what happened to talking up the value of migrants for a thriving economy and society, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it | Polly Toynbee
“Queen’s University is seen by unionists as a nationalist institution with many Protestant students heading instead for Scottish universities such as Aberdeen and Dundee” - fascinating article on N. Ireland by Patrick Cockburn inews.co.uk/opinion/refo...
Reform's surge in Britain threatens a new crisis in Northern Ireland
Reopening wounds in Northern Ireland is easy enough because past ones have never closed
inews.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“Queen’s University is seen by unionists as a nationalist institution with many Protestant students heading instead for Scottish universities such as Aberdeen and Dundee” - fascinating article on N. Ireland by Patrick Cockburn inews.co.uk/opinion/refo...
Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mauritius today before the G20 Summit www.africanews.com/2025/11/19/f...
French President Emmanuel Macron to embark on Africa tour | Africanews
Macron will visit Mauritius, South Africa, Gabon and Angola for both bilateral meetings and multilateral summits.
www.africanews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mauritius today before the G20 Summit www.africanews.com/2025/11/19/f...
Opinions sought committees.parliament.uk/committee/36...
Chagossian views sought on Chagos Agreement - Committees - UK Parliament
The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has today published a survey to gather views from the Chagossian community about how they view the UK’s Agreement with Mauritius ...
committees.parliament.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Opinions sought committees.parliament.uk/committee/36...
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Reform UK's policy chief claimed that "the majority" of soical housing in #London "goes to foreign nationals". Not true. Now read on: www.onlondon.co.uk/reforms-zia-... #housing #truelondon
Analysis: Reform UK claim about foreigners and social housing
Statement made on BBC Newsnight by Nigel Farage's policy chief was highly inaccurate and echoed an inflammatory far-Right falsehood
www.onlondon.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reform UK's policy chief claimed that "the majority" of soical housing in #London "goes to foreign nationals". Not true. Now read on: www.onlondon.co.uk/reforms-zia-... #housing #truelondon
Veeraswamy gets celeb chefs backing www.easterneye.biz/top-chefs-ra...
Top chefs rally to save Britain's oldest Indian restaurant from Crown Estate closure
Michelin-starred Veeraswamy faces eviction after nearly a century on Regent Street as landlord plans office conversion
www.easterneye.biz
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Veeraswamy gets celeb chefs backing www.easterneye.biz/top-chefs-ra...
Huge cocaine shipment in Mauritius brings in Interpol lexpress.mu/s/interpol-s...
Après la saisie record de cocaïne sur l’«Alpha Bravery» : Interpol sollicité, une coopération judiciaire avec Madagascar et La Réunion souhaitée
Les projecteurs braqués sur le port de Port‑Louis révèlent la silhouette massive du cargo immobilisé, l’*Alpha Bravery*, qui transportait 433,10 kg de cocaïne. L’air salé est lourd, chargé d’une tensi...
lexpress.mu
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Huge cocaine shipment in Mauritius brings in Interpol lexpress.mu/s/interpol-s...
“The more spice you eat, the theory goes, the less intense the first painful part becomes” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?
Tearing up, sweating and other bodily functions are all signs that the body is trying to expel spicy foods as quickly as possible. But there is a simple reason why some people enjoy those sensations
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“The more spice you eat, the theory goes, the less intense the first painful part becomes” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Diego Garcia www.newsweek.com/battle-over-...
Battle over strategic US base takes new twist
Long ignored amid a swirl of geostrategic interests, people forced into exile from the Chagos Archipelago are fighting to go home.
www.newsweek.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Diego Garcia www.newsweek.com/battle-over-...
Some brilliant photos of 1970s Brick Lane from the Four Corners exhibition www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The changing face of the East End
Although taken between 1970 and 1976, the images which feature in a new exhibition conjure thoughts of the Victorian era with glimpses of poverty and ramshackle establishments.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Some brilliant photos of 1970s Brick Lane from the Four Corners exhibition www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Wonderful letter about the British Council by Mihir Bose in @financialtimes.com - I don’t understand why successive British Governments have been so careless about soft power on.ft.com/4hQTJn0 Letter: Memories of the British Council library in old Mumbai
Letter: Memories of the British Council library in old Mumbai
From Mihir Bose, Former BBC Sports Editor and Author of ‘Thank You Mr Crombie: Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British’, London W6, UK
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November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Wonderful letter about the British Council by Mihir Bose in @financialtimes.com - I don’t understand why successive British Governments have been so careless about soft power on.ft.com/4hQTJn0 Letter: Memories of the British Council library in old Mumbai