#British

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

So, white British dude imagines that boys marooned on an island will become murderous "savages." Actual children -- Tonga people, "savages" as imperialism endlessly frames them -- built a commune

Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

thebrownhijabi

I am absolutely fuming. Just watched @BBCTwo's "Lost Boys? What's Going Wrong For Asian Men" presented by Mehreen Baig and I am in shock about how disgracefully she happily used

Sean Claxton

seanboy_50

#OTD 76 years ago, five of the six men in the photo below died in Normandy. A little #WW2 thread...The chap on the right of the front row was a

Keep your head above water and eyes and ears open.

verylargebird

This is going to be a weird and really personal thread but I want to talk about the novel/animated movie “Watership Down” by Richard Adams and why I can’t watch

Navroop Singh

NavroopSingh_

The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 was the first treaty between Russia and China under the Qing dynasty. The Russians gave up the area north of the Amur River as

Sanjeev Sanyal

sanjeevsanyal

One signs of a self confident country, is that it's "intellectual" class is confident enough to comment on the rest of the world from its own perspective, and do so

Ben Judah

b_judah

One of the reasons I'm relaxed about the evolution of @NYTimes into the American @Guardian is that I feel both it and the @NewYorker have both an unhealthy hegemonic position

Jeb J. Card

ahtzib

On UFOs and the paranormal and power, some thoughts.Note, I respect everyone so far in this conversation, I think they all have done serious research on this and don't disagree,

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

OTD in 1857 Captain John Nicholson, the Lion of Punjab, was given command of a moveable column with the aim of reaching the besiged city of Delhi from Peshwar and

Pessimus Prime, International man of misery

BigJDubz

What British food are you eating? 1. Is it sweet?Yes - go to tweet 2No - go to tweet 6 2. Is it on fire?Yes - that's puddingNo - go

Shahmir

shahmiruk

Chaos aside, Keir Starmer finally has a clear, justified opportunity to pivot and end the tyranny of being a basic bitch - without being hounded. That means he can go

Usaama Kaweesa

UsaamaK

1/5 Today is #WindrushDay. It marks the day 72 years ago when the Empire Windrush ship arrived here at Tilbury Docks and gave its name to a generation of migrants

Katy Montgomerie 🦗

KatyMontgomerie

Even today if you go look at what people are saying about the #GRAReform, 99% of the opposition to it is people saying they don't want trans women in women's

Onye Nkuzi

cchukudebelu

1945 ended 500 years of European domination. Before then, a small nation like the Netherlands could control the destiny of Indonesia. Post 1945, it was no longer tenable.And neither was

Talha ahmad

talhaahmad967

Story of Last Ottoman guardian of Al-Aqsa [Thread][This is the spirit Palestine need] Palestine, remained under the Ottoman rule for four centuries until the British took control. After heavy fighting

Jenny Bluett (G)

nwmwmomma

OTD4/6/174617 https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/zimmermann-telegram-brought-america-us-into-ww1-code-breaking-signit-germany-mexico/1/17/17 Proclaimation filed 7/17 for 7/19.