David Veevers
@davidveevers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | existing somewhere between Euston and Bangor | writing my third book
The storm broke in Bangor last night and now a glorious blue sky has settled over campus. Lovely.
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The storm broke in Bangor last night and now a glorious blue sky has settled over campus. Lovely.
That’s Master Sergeant Ran Gvili. Are military personnel hostages? Is this like how 10 year old girls shot dead by Israeli soldiers are ‘young women’ and kidnapped Palestinians are ‘prisoners’? BBC reporting on the genocide in Gaza has been a war crime. No other way to describe it.
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
That’s Master Sergeant Ran Gvili. Are military personnel hostages? Is this like how 10 year old girls shot dead by Israeli soldiers are ‘young women’ and kidnapped Palestinians are ‘prisoners’? BBC reporting on the genocide in Gaza has been a war crime. No other way to describe it.
The official lineup has now been finalised!
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The official lineup has now been finalised!
Mood this morning.
January 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Mood this morning.
Revolting. During an ONGOING genocide, as Gaza remains occupied & its people killed every day, those who facilitated and benefitted from Israel's genocide of the Palestinians are now putting on a ceremonial show to unveil its formal colonisation. And the BBC are reporting it like the Olympic games.
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Revolting. During an ONGOING genocide, as Gaza remains occupied & its people killed every day, those who facilitated and benefitted from Israel's genocide of the Palestinians are now putting on a ceremonial show to unveil its formal colonisation. And the BBC are reporting it like the Olympic games.
Everyone looking to Greenland for the start of WW3 whilst the Beckham feud is like
January 20, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Everyone looking to Greenland for the start of WW3 whilst the Beckham feud is like
Greenland been sitting there the whole time and suddenly America is like
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Greenland been sitting there the whole time and suddenly America is like
Cracking this bad boy open today. My first McCarthy book. Any fans? The book I’m writing at the moment is particularly dark and pessimistic so I’m ready stories of that persuasion for encouragement.
January 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Cracking this bad boy open today. My first McCarthy book. Any fans? The book I’m writing at the moment is particularly dark and pessimistic so I’m ready stories of that persuasion for encouragement.
I know there’s like 500 months of shitty weather still left but it actually feels very spring like in Sussex today: water running, birds talking, blue skies looming. Hope springs eternal, and all that.
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I know there’s like 500 months of shitty weather still left but it actually feels very spring like in Sussex today: water running, birds talking, blue skies looming. Hope springs eternal, and all that.
Counterpoint: I don't think any American leaders should be awarded a prize about peace.
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Counterpoint: I don't think any American leaders should be awarded a prize about peace.
I feel like American foreign policy right now is basically
January 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I feel like American foreign policy right now is basically
Tobacco smoking caught on quickly in Africa, with people smoking it via locally produced clay pipes. In Kongo they made long-stemmed pipes, as in bottom right with Queen Nzinga. In 1612 a Swiss merchant noted that 'they can bear hunger for a long time, as long as they have "magkay" or tobacco.'
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Tobacco smoking caught on quickly in Africa, with people smoking it via locally produced clay pipes. In Kongo they made long-stemmed pipes, as in bottom right with Queen Nzinga. In 1612 a Swiss merchant noted that 'they can bear hunger for a long time, as long as they have "magkay" or tobacco.'
Making a plea for child wellbeing on a platform which produces sexually explicit images of children.
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Making a plea for child wellbeing on a platform which produces sexually explicit images of children.
Rewatching Midnight Mass and delightfully reminded of how impeccable the acting is in this. Every actor is utterly compelling and they make short work of the full dialogue. Salem’s Lot is one of my favorite books, and this is spiritually (ha!) a perfect adaptation of that novel.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Rewatching Midnight Mass and delightfully reminded of how impeccable the acting is in this. Every actor is utterly compelling and they make short work of the full dialogue. Salem’s Lot is one of my favorite books, and this is spiritually (ha!) a perfect adaptation of that novel.
American academic staff page versus UK academic staff page
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
American academic staff page versus UK academic staff page
Easy to forget how early Portuguese involvement in the enslavement of West Africans was: 1441. By the mid-C16th, the country with the largest African slave population? Portugal, with more than 30,000 enslaved Africans working on the estates of nobles as well as religious orders.
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Easy to forget how early Portuguese involvement in the enslavement of West Africans was: 1441. By the mid-C16th, the country with the largest African slave population? Portugal, with more than 30,000 enslaved Africans working on the estates of nobles as well as religious orders.
I’m doing my homework right now to help my son…🤦
January 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m doing my homework right now to help my son…🤦
I left Twitter later than most, because I felt it was where Palestinian people were being most engaged with. I also didn't like the idea of conceding space to Nazis. But then it became too intolerable, so I left. But I realise I never actually deleted my account.
So I just corrected that.
So I just corrected that.
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I left Twitter later than most, because I felt it was where Palestinian people were being most engaged with. I also didn't like the idea of conceding space to Nazis. But then it became too intolerable, so I left. But I realise I never actually deleted my account.
So I just corrected that.
So I just corrected that.
Ahead of my research trip to the Caribbean next month, I’m reading @profdanhicks.bsky.social archaeological study of the earliest plantations to help orientate myself in the landscape when I’m there.
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Ahead of my research trip to the Caribbean next month, I’m reading @profdanhicks.bsky.social archaeological study of the earliest plantations to help orientate myself in the landscape when I’m there.
I mean I’m mesmerised but also wtf use some punctuation my man.
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I mean I’m mesmerised but also wtf use some punctuation my man.
Woke up to find this little known chap @markhamillofficial.bsky.social had liked one of my posts. Just going to spend all day musing on that.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Woke up to find this little known chap @markhamillofficial.bsky.social had liked one of my posts. Just going to spend all day musing on that.
