Dan Feather
@danieljfeather.bsky.social
Historian interested in cultural diplomacy, the 'British world', and southern Africa. Attempting to write a book about British-Rhodesian cultural relations during UDI while also examining British policy towards the South African Bantustans
Whatever your views on Owen Jones, this is pretty disgraceful. I remember he went the Tory Party conference a couple of years ago, and while I think party grandees just ignored him and left to speak to teenage members, he was allowed to be there for the duration
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Whatever your views on Owen Jones, this is pretty disgraceful. I remember he went the Tory Party conference a couple of years ago, and while I think party grandees just ignored him and left to speak to teenage members, he was allowed to be there for the duration
Crisp early morning walk before the first big meeting of the new academic year
September 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Crisp early morning walk before the first big meeting of the new academic year
Last but certainly not least for this plenary @lindsayaqui.bsky.social discussing Geoffrey Howe
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last but certainly not least for this plenary @lindsayaqui.bsky.social discussing Geoffrey Howe
Followed by Rachel Utley discussing Francis Pym
September 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Followed by Rachel Utley discussing Francis Pym
Reading for the long train journey down to Norwich for the British International History Group conference at the University of East Anglia
September 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Reading for the long train journey down to Norwich for the British International History Group conference at the University of East Anglia
I'm passed the point of saying I'll never vote for this lot again, to the point I will actively canvas against them. You can't really argue they are better than the alternative when they pander to everything the alternative wants anyway
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm passed the point of saying I'll never vote for this lot again, to the point I will actively canvas against them. You can't really argue they are better than the alternative when they pander to everything the alternative wants anyway
Took a brief interlude from annual leave to deliver an invited talk to lawyers and civil servants in the UK Cabinet Office's Union & Devolution Directorate as part of their 'Constitution School' series
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Took a brief interlude from annual leave to deliver an invited talk to lawyers and civil servants in the UK Cabinet Office's Union & Devolution Directorate as part of their 'Constitution School' series
We will be running our next event on 23/24 October. This will take place online hosted by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (see CFP below). If you are interested in cultural diplomacy (broadly defined) please consider submitting a proposal.
August 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We will be running our next event on 23/24 October. This will take place online hosted by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (see CFP below). If you are interested in cultural diplomacy (broadly defined) please consider submitting a proposal.
Fascinating that some BBC listeners in UDI Rhodesia basically tuned in because they despised it. The 1960s equivariant of 'hate-following'
August 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fascinating that some BBC listeners in UDI Rhodesia basically tuned in because they despised it. The 1960s equivariant of 'hate-following'
Only just found this relatively new article by Nick Cull and I'm absolutely buzzing that such an eminent scholar of cultural diplomacy has cited my work!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Only just found this relatively new article by Nick Cull and I'm absolutely buzzing that such an eminent scholar of cultural diplomacy has cited my work!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Random archive discovery from KwaZulu research trip: Buthelezi presented prizes at the Daily Star Gold Awards in 1993
June 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Random archive discovery from KwaZulu research trip: Buthelezi presented prizes at the Daily Star Gold Awards in 1993
Back to work after a great research trip to SA. Now all I need to do is incorporate all this new research into a draft article that is already too big
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Back to work after a great research trip to SA. Now all I need to do is incorporate all this new research into a draft article that is already too big
Also an added bonus that I’m staying on the hotel where many visiting diplomats and business people were wined and dined. The legacy is clear to see
May 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Also an added bonus that I’m staying on the hotel where many visiting diplomats and business people were wined and dined. The legacy is clear to see
Also an added bonus that my hotel, the former Holiday Inn, was where most visiting diplomats stayed and were wide and dined
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Also an added bonus that my hotel, the former Holiday Inn, was where most visiting diplomats stayed and were wide and dined
Also, feels very important visit the heart of ‘Zululand’ and witness how much Buthelezi is still venerated.
May 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Also, feels very important visit the heart of ‘Zululand’ and witness how much Buthelezi is still venerated.
Having a productive week so far in Ulundi undertaking research for my project on UK relations with the KwaZulu Bantustan
May 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having a productive week so far in Ulundi undertaking research for my project on UK relations with the KwaZulu Bantustan
More great posters by my L3 Cuban Missile Crisis students
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
More great posters by my L3 Cuban Missile Crisis students
I'll be discussing my recently published @batw.bsky.social monograph on Zoom as part of Rhodes University's 'History in the Making' seminar series a 1pm UK time. Feel free to log in at zoom.us/j/95474187273
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'll be discussing my recently published @batw.bsky.social monograph on Zoom as part of Rhodes University's 'History in the Making' seminar series a 1pm UK time. Feel free to log in at zoom.us/j/95474187273
Loving my L3 Cuban Missile Crisis students’ art work on posters this week
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Loving my L3 Cuban Missile Crisis students’ art work on posters this week
An excellent student facing round table last night @ljmuhistory.bsky.social followed by today’s @britishacademy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.bsky.social sponsored workshop on cultural diplomacy
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An excellent student facing round table last night @ljmuhistory.bsky.social followed by today’s @britishacademy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.bsky.social sponsored workshop on cultural diplomacy
Sad how excited I am by the purchase of a portable second screen for my laptop
January 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sad how excited I am by the purchase of a portable second screen for my laptop
Looking at archival catalogue for my next trip to South Africa and stumbled across this. It doesn't really relate to what I'm working on but I have to know why Thatcher was writing to Pieter Dirk Uys' fictionalised alter ego www.theguardian.com/world/2016/m...
December 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Looking at archival catalogue for my next trip to South Africa and stumbled across this. It doesn't really relate to what I'm working on but I have to know why Thatcher was writing to Pieter Dirk Uys' fictionalised alter ego www.theguardian.com/world/2016/m...