Dr Terry Smyth
@terrysmyth.bsky.social
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Author: 'Captive Fathers, Captive Children: Legacies of the War in the Far East' (Bloomsbury 2023). Community Fellow, History Dept, University of Essex (2017-2025).
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Dr Terry Smyth
@terrysmyth.bsky.social
· Nov 16
'Captive Fathers, Captive Children'
My 2023 book published by Bloomsbury.
'an extraordinary book ... a memoir, a social history of POWs, an ethnography of commemoration & an exploration of the subjectivity of descendants.' (Prof Michael Roper)
'deeply personal, yet scholarly' (Prof Joanna Bourke)
My 2023 book published by Bloomsbury.
'an extraordinary book ... a memoir, a social history of POWs, an ethnography of commemoration & an exploration of the subjectivity of descendants.' (Prof Michael Roper)
'deeply personal, yet scholarly' (Prof Joanna Bourke)
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To all news outlets, please stop using the term 'agents' when an AI corporation illegally hacks into someone else's computer system. Just say, Open AI hacked into the Australian healthcare computer system. That way we will all know unambiguously who to blame!
September 24, 2026 at 11:23 AM
To all news outlets, please stop using the term 'agents' when an AI corporation illegally hacks into someone else's computer system. Just say, Open AI hacked into the Australian healthcare computer system. That way we will all know unambiguously who to blame!
Our politics should not be for sale. It's time for a strict cap on political donations. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/donations-cap/
Petition: We need a cap on political donations NOW
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September 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Our politics should not be for sale. It's time for a strict cap on political donations. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/donations-cap/
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South West Water has worst environmental record in England, dumps sewage in rivers 574,323 hours a year
Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third.
Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade.
Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third.
Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade.
Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows
Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2026 at 8:13 AM
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, dumps sewage in rivers 574,323 hours a year
Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third.
Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade.
Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third.
Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade.
Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
USS Lincoln: ‘The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People’
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USS Lincoln: ‘The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People’
Exhaustion, low morale, ‘starvation’ rations and broken equipment – Brynn Tannehill examines what the 260-day deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln says about the limits of US power
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August 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
USS Lincoln: ‘The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People’
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"What Radicalized You?"
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"What Radicalized You?"
Reading by Tim Foley:
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August 21, 2026 at 9:49 AM
"What Radicalized You?"
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Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/c...
Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only
The party's founding documents reveal the extraordinary levels of power Nigel Farage wields over Reform UK, making it all but impossible for party members to remove him
bylinetimes.com
August 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Chairman Farage: How Reform UK Operates as a Democratic Party in Name Only – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/c...
How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Nigel Farage's criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises
bylinetimes.com
July 27, 2026 at 11:45 AM
How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/h...
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
www.campaignforthearts.org
July 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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This man will do anything to illegally profit off being the president, no matter how brazen. Trump's newest textbook demonstration of corruption is buying up a bunch of stock, then hopping on Truth Social to promote the same companies and give those stocks a big boost.
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Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks | CNN
Trump has promoted more than 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying stock in those firms, a CNN investigation found.
www.cnn.com
July 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This man will do anything to illegally profit off being the president, no matter how brazen. Trump's newest textbook demonstration of corruption is buying up a bunch of stock, then hopping on Truth Social to promote the same companies and give those stocks a big boost.
www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/u...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
bylinetimes.com
July 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...
Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper's findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s...
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May 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...
I've signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to bring Thames Water into public ownership. Will you sign and share? @weownit.org.uk
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Andy Burnham must take back Thames Water
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June 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I've signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to bring Thames Water into public ownership. Will you sign and share? @weownit.org.uk
weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...
How about everyone banishing the word "space" from their utterances. It has a literal meaning, of course, and that's fine. However, needless abstractions damage clear meaning.
June 21, 2026 at 8:08 AM
How about everyone banishing the word "space" from their utterances. It has a literal meaning, of course, and that's fine. However, needless abstractions damage clear meaning.
The Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended Capitalism
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The Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended Capitalism
From water companies to care homes, private equity profits at the expense of customers and taxpayers. Adrian Goldberg talks to Hettie O' Brien, Alex Cobham and Naomi Fowler on the Byline Times podcast
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May 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended Capitalism
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'The US, Not Iran, is The Threat to Global Peace'
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'The US, Not Iran, is The Threat to Global Peace'
Middle East expert Peter Oborne tells the Byline Times podcast that we need a more balanced understanding of the Tehran Government
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May 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
'The US, Not Iran, is The Threat to Global Peace'
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...
Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper's findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s...
bylinetimes.com
May 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...
Given the concern over growing antisemitism in this country, can I urge everyone to take the following free course. I took this a few years ago and it added enormously to my understanding of the history of antisemitism. All politicians first please! Thank you. www.coursera.org/learn/antise...
Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present
Offered by Yad Vashem . In this course, 50 leading scholars from all over the world will explore questions and issues relating to ... Enroll for free.
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April 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Given the concern over growing antisemitism in this country, can I urge everyone to take the following free course. I took this a few years ago and it added enormously to my understanding of the history of antisemitism. All politicians first please! Thank you. www.coursera.org/learn/antise...
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Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?
April 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?
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This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
April 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
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He skipped church. Dropped the F-bomb. Praised Allah. On Easter.
You can’t make this up. The man tweets war threats while you hunt eggs with your kids.
THIS is your president, America. Wake up.
You can’t make this up. The man tweets war threats while you hunt eggs with your kids.
THIS is your president, America. Wake up.
April 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
He skipped church. Dropped the F-bomb. Praised Allah. On Easter.
You can’t make this up. The man tweets war threats while you hunt eggs with your kids.
THIS is your president, America. Wake up.
You can’t make this up. The man tweets war threats while you hunt eggs with your kids.
THIS is your president, America. Wake up.