On this day, Aug 28 1963, civil rights history made as: Martin Luther King delivers his ‘I have a dream’ speech & 17 women in Dungannon occupy vacant prefab houses with their families in a successful act of civil disobedience A Way With Words Brian Ward eamonn mccann

Great discussion at Paddy Hillyard’s launch of Decades of Deceit’ at the wonderful ⁦No Alibis Bookstore⁩ - it’s essential reading! ⁦Amanda Ferguson⁩ @alisonmorris

50 years ago in 1974, the Prevention of Terrorism Act was introduced to Britain, after the Birmingham pub bombings. It banned organisations such as the Irish Republican Army, and allowed for the police to detain persons for up to 7 days without any charges. #Irish #Archives

… to profile and unfairly target specific groups, such as the Irish community. The Archive of the Irish in Britain @londonmetuni holds a number of records relating to the PTA, including press cuttings and campaign posters and information leaflets - collections.londonmet.ac.uk/records/AIB/PTA

A remarkable woman, taken far too soon. One of the few to follow the revolutionary generation, friend of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. A radical star in dismal times as fascism crept over Europe and Ireland was in the grip of clerical power, so cruel to her in her last illness.

This photo shows Elisa, a woman born in Moscow in 1925, arm in arm with the love of her life Joyce. Taken on Dublin's O'Connell Bridge around 1963, I found it in a garden shed in Galicia in 2021. Let me tell you how 🧵 1/

The Prevention of Terrorism Act, created 50 years ago this year, set a damaging legal jeopardy for Irish people & others in Britain at the time. It diluted protections for those detained under the Act – useful retrospective from our friends London Metropolitan University Special Collections

A wonderful visit to Museum of the Home today 😍 Loved the new exhibition of Rooms through Time. The Irish immigrants' room from the 1950s was esp moving - well done to all involved 💚

A man in Istanbul distributed sweets in memory of philosopher Spinoza’s 347th death anniversary.

This week is your last chance to make 'Caravaggio in Belfast' your big art moment of the summer! Please allow extra time for your visit as we expect queues. Closing Sunday 1st September at 5pm. Read more→ bit.ly/3QqzEaA National Gallery National Gallery of Ireland EY Ireland

"There’s three bedrooms in Northern Ireland, part of his kitchen is in Southern Ireland, the other half in the North. His sitting room and another bedroom is actually in Ireland, in Southern Ireland." WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1963 rte.ie/archives/2023/…

Irish as a diaspora in Britain often invisible in left worldview (and cultural analysis). With regards to music, perhaps also because of the ubiquity of second-generation Irish in British music scene. Sean Campbell’s book (Irish Blood, English Heart) a useful corrective!

our new film about Noraid announced today in rte’s autumn launch. about.rte.ie/2024/08/30/rte…

My Belfast Tele article on the history of the Ritz in advance of the Wonder Cinema podcast launch on Monday, in which brian henry martin and I tell the story of Belfast's largest picture palace thewondercinema.buzzsprout.com

“Stories are built from language, Nations are built from stories. This is our story." KNEECAP the movie, do it, you must, you have to, you'll be insane not to. Utterly brilliant. Best couple of hours I've spent in years.

Sinn Féin publishing what is effectively its housing manifesto for the general election. It proposes €39bn of capital spending on housing to deliver 300,000 units over five years, and phasing out the existing shared equity and help-to-buy schemes. Virgin Media News

Pleased and immensely relived to be able to say that my research on discourses of identity among post-Brexit applicants for Irish passports was published by Political Psychology this morning: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… A quick thread, with some of context & major points in the article:

#OnThisDay 1607 Hugh O'Neill & 90 of his followers left Ireland from Rathmullan, Donegal in what became known as "The Flight of the Earls". They hoped to build an army on the continent & return to Ireland. They never saw home again. O'Neill died in Rome in 1616 #Ireland #History

Here’s the Google street view today of Brecht’s house in Santa Monica, where he lived while in exile from 1942-1947.

5 September 1881 | Italian Jew, Tito Finzi, was born in Milan. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Fossoli camp on 5 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.