Christian Algar
@ceebarnacles.bsky.social
By the books or by the sea. Trying, here and there 🖤🌊
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How many "English" grandparents do you need to be "English"?
I bet you one hundred pounds that folk like this would look at a photo of someone with one German, one Dutch, one Irish and one Polish grandparent, and go "Yep, English".
But if one of those grandparents was Jamaican...
I bet you one hundred pounds that folk like this would look at a photo of someone with one German, one Dutch, one Irish and one Polish grandparent, and go "Yep, English".
But if one of those grandparents was Jamaican...
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
September 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
How many "English" grandparents do you need to be "English"?
I bet you one hundred pounds that folk like this would look at a photo of someone with one German, one Dutch, one Irish and one Polish grandparent, and go "Yep, English".
But if one of those grandparents was Jamaican...
I bet you one hundred pounds that folk like this would look at a photo of someone with one German, one Dutch, one Irish and one Polish grandparent, and go "Yep, English".
But if one of those grandparents was Jamaican...
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Andy Burnham says this as his Government steadfastly refuses to stand up to the far right on our streets as they violently harass refugees and the RNLI.
Andy Burnham's UN speech has been one big lie.
Andy Burnham's UN speech has been one big lie.
September 23, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Andy Burnham says this as his Government steadfastly refuses to stand up to the far right on our streets as they violently harass refugees and the RNLI.
Andy Burnham's UN speech has been one big lie.
Andy Burnham's UN speech has been one big lie.
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Over 3,500 people are currently facing terrorism charges in the UK for holding signs saying "I support Palestine Action".
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Over 3,500 people are currently facing terrorism charges in the UK for holding signs saying "I support Palestine Action".
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Reminder: one more week to apply for the Nottebohm fellowship for #BookHistory research in Antwerp!
For an idea of some of the research conducted using this travel fund, check out the recording of last week's Nottebohm Talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2L...
For an idea of some of the research conducted using this travel fund, check out the recording of last week's Nottebohm Talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2L...
September 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Reminder: one more week to apply for the Nottebohm fellowship for #BookHistory research in Antwerp!
For an idea of some of the research conducted using this travel fund, check out the recording of last week's Nottebohm Talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2L...
For an idea of some of the research conducted using this travel fund, check out the recording of last week's Nottebohm Talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2L...
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But he's from the North...
Andy Burnham decision to provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia is continuing Britain’s bloody legacy in Yemen, Coll McCail writes👇
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
September 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM
But he's from the North...
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2/2 But this data on enslaved people themselves, derived from the registers of the ‘amelioration’ period is a yet more significant resource on captives & for their descendants:
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM
2/2 But this data on enslaved people themselves, derived from the registers of the ‘amelioration’ period is a yet more significant resource on captives & for their descendants:
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
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1/2 We have vastly improved data now on British slave-owners (www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search/) and slave-traders (britishslavetraders.org). Wonderful that this research has persisted despite all the fury of the nationalist right wing backlash.
The Register of British Slave-Traders
The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.
britishslavetraders.org
September 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM
1/2 We have vastly improved data now on British slave-owners (www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search/) and slave-traders (britishslavetraders.org). Wonderful that this research has persisted despite all the fury of the nationalist right wing backlash.
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David Olusoga's new series Finding Britain's Slave Traders airs tonight at 9pm.
In anticipation, we are resharing an article from Dr Michael Taylor on the West India Interest, the pro-slavery lobby in Parliament, where many members had a vested interest in the continuation of slavery.
In anticipation, we are resharing an article from Dr Michael Taylor on the West India Interest, the pro-slavery lobby in Parliament, where many members had a vested interest in the continuation of slavery.
The West India Interest and the Parliamentary Defence of Slavery, 1823-33
This blog, which explores the parliamentary context of the abolition of slavery, is based on Michael’s full-length seminar paper, ‘The West India Interest and Colonial Slavery in Parliament,…
historyofparliament.com
September 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
David Olusoga's new series Finding Britain's Slave Traders airs tonight at 9pm.
In anticipation, we are resharing an article from Dr Michael Taylor on the West India Interest, the pro-slavery lobby in Parliament, where many members had a vested interest in the continuation of slavery.
In anticipation, we are resharing an article from Dr Michael Taylor on the West India Interest, the pro-slavery lobby in Parliament, where many members had a vested interest in the continuation of slavery.
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People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/
September 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/
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If there are Cambridge academics/researchers here who would be interested in a letter demanding more substantial investigation than the two 'reviews' proposed by university & also transparent input methods, please let me know.
September 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
If there are Cambridge academics/researchers here who would be interested in a letter demanding more substantial investigation than the two 'reviews' proposed by university & also transparent input methods, please let me know.
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Piddington's independence ref is being presented as a quaint 'crumpets and muffins' comedy of plucky country folk.
It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
Passport to Piddington
Last week an Oxfordshire village declared independence from the United Kingdom - ostensibly in protest at a local refugee centre. But is something darker going on?
www.noosphere.app
September 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Piddington's independence ref is being presented as a quaint 'crumpets and muffins' comedy of plucky country folk.
It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
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Tell me how this isn't the 1930s back again. I'll wait.
What on earth is happening?
September 18, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Tell me how this isn't the 1930s back again. I'll wait.
Oh fuck off! The Commons Culture Select Committee ‘examining’ Eurovision choice of UK entrants?! How about they spend the time looking at how funding to national cultural institutions is chronically inadequate and how that impacts the nation’s wellbeing and output?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
It comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Oh fuck off! The Commons Culture Select Committee ‘examining’ Eurovision choice of UK entrants?! How about they spend the time looking at how funding to national cultural institutions is chronically inadequate and how that impacts the nation’s wellbeing and output?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I wonder where they get all their wacky ideas from.
September 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I wonder where they get all their wacky ideas from.
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Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 18, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
The Germans underwent a ‘de-nazification’ process after WWII; the British people have never had similar. The national story is still all mythological, supremacist, racist litany.
The British are one of the most unaware peoples in the world. Exceptionalism and ‘distantised’ delusional immunity.
The British are one of the most unaware peoples in the world. Exceptionalism and ‘distantised’ delusional immunity.
As someone in Northern Ireland, it's been sitting uncomfortably the amount of lefties saying Britain has never gone fascist before when most of you have no clue what they did here.
Give it different names if you want.
Give it different names if you want.
September 18, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The Germans underwent a ‘de-nazification’ process after WWII; the British people have never had similar. The national story is still all mythological, supremacist, racist litany.
The British are one of the most unaware peoples in the world. Exceptionalism and ‘distantised’ delusional immunity.
The British are one of the most unaware peoples in the world. Exceptionalism and ‘distantised’ delusional immunity.
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Can you imagine the press reaction if Palestine Action were forcing Ambulance Stations to close? Or the Socialist Workers Party were shutting Fire Stations? No, of course not, cos it wouldn't fucking happen. These people are terrorists and should be treated as such. Ban, arrest, imprison.
September 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Can you imagine the press reaction if Palestine Action were forcing Ambulance Stations to close? Or the Socialist Workers Party were shutting Fire Stations? No, of course not, cos it wouldn't fucking happen. These people are terrorists and should be treated as such. Ban, arrest, imprison.
September 17th: no longer barefoot-at-home weather.
September 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
September 17th: no longer barefoot-at-home weather.
This new film ‘Late Fame’, about a man who wrote poetry when younger is ‘rediscovered’ 50 years later. It looks amazing. And, Willem Dafoe.
youtu.be/ycilEzCB3u4?...
youtu.be/ycilEzCB3u4?...
LATE FAME - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Transmission Films
youtu.be
September 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This new film ‘Late Fame’, about a man who wrote poetry when younger is ‘rediscovered’ 50 years later. It looks amazing. And, Willem Dafoe.
youtu.be/ycilEzCB3u4?...
youtu.be/ycilEzCB3u4?...
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Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.
Another way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each other
People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait
prismreports.org
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I am so tired of nasty, insular, smug gits playing PR stunts to prevent people finding safety.
I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I am so tired of nasty, insular, smug gits playing PR stunts to prevent people finding safety.
I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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guarantee there‘s at least three British ”journalists” going through her bins and scouring her social media for something to bludgeon her with
September 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
guarantee there‘s at least three British ”journalists” going through her bins and scouring her social media for something to bludgeon her with
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Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊
#Newsnight
#Newsnight
September 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊
#Newsnight
#Newsnight
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The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help
Lisa Nandy:
Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum
Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
Lisa Nandy:
Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum
Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
September 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help
Lisa Nandy:
Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum
Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
Lisa Nandy:
Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum
Lisa Nandy: I'm listening