Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
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Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months!
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
“The administration is preparing to rip away protections from the vast majority of wetlands in the United States, which are the waters that protect our communities from floods, help filter drinking water and provide habitat for millions of birds and fish.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“The administration is preparing to rip away protections from the vast majority of wetlands in the United States, which are the waters that protect our communities from floods, help filter drinking water and provide habitat for millions of birds and fish.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
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"'People who care about the future of an independent U.S. higher-education system must take seriously the authoritarian aims of the federal government,' said Dominique Baker"
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Plot Against Jim Ryan
Was his ouster a federal coup — or an opportunistic inside job?
www.chronicle.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"'People who care about the future of an independent U.S. higher-education system must take seriously the authoritarian aims of the federal government,' said Dominique Baker"
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Your Own Personal Jesus™️
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Your Own Personal Jesus™️
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“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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Oh no, if Bill Clinton goes down as a result of the Epstein files I’ll have to remove the Bill Clinton flag I have flying from the deck of my big ass truck.
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh no, if Bill Clinton goes down as a result of the Epstein files I’ll have to remove the Bill Clinton flag I have flying from the deck of my big ass truck.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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like one out of three elder millennials lost their virginity to portishead. what the fuck are you talking about.
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’
As he moves into film production with the thriller Game, the musician – also known for Beak> – answers your questions on Myspace rappers, sex playlists and whether Portishead will ever make new music
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like one out of three elder millennials lost their virginity to portishead. what the fuck are you talking about.
Not sure what they’re going to teach at A&M—and why anyone would pay tens of thousands for a censored education.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not sure what they’re going to teach at A&M—and why anyone would pay tens of thousands for a censored education.
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Probably exactly how Virginia Giuffre felt about Andrew.
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
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"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
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‘I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show | CNN
Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have once again raised questions over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of his friendship with the late sex offender and his denials of the al...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Probably exactly how Virginia Giuffre felt about Andrew.
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
"'I can’t take any more of this,’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Epstein, newly released emails show"
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/u...
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A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
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Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
America in 2025. 😡
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
America in 2025. 😡
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
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A woman formerly enslaved in Virginia is the subject of a new monument in a town in England to where she escaped. I’ve lived in Virginia for years and never heard her story. This is the kind of memory culture we need. www.northshields800.com/news/mary-an...
Mary Ann Macham: Sculpture of escaped enslaved woman’s moment of freedom takes shape in North Shields — North Shields 800
Created by artist Keith Barrett, Mary Ann has been carved from wood and is about to be cast in bronze ahead of her installation at the top of the town’s spectacular Riverside Embankment Walkway later ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A woman formerly enslaved in Virginia is the subject of a new monument in a town in England to where she escaped. I’ve lived in Virginia for years and never heard her story. This is the kind of memory culture we need. www.northshields800.com/news/mary-an...
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Delighted to be one of the new editors of Race in the Atlantic World the 18-year-old rock-solid series of @ugapress.bsky.social. Am in great company with historians Toby Green and @brookenewman.bsky.social. The series expanded its scope across time and space. Bring on the proposals!
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Delighted to be one of the new editors of Race in the Atlantic World the 18-year-old rock-solid series of @ugapress.bsky.social. Am in great company with historians Toby Green and @brookenewman.bsky.social. The series expanded its scope across time and space. Bring on the proposals!
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The twist in this story is that the A-level student found it back in 1977 but we have only rediscovered this fact 50 years on
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The twist in this story is that the A-level student found it back in 1977 but we have only rediscovered this fact 50 years on
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...