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Kieran Connell

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Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY out now with Hurst: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/multicultural-britain/ Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 8d

I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

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2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced

The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 1h

😂😂😂😂

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks, much appreciated

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 2h

Hahaha eagle eyed but I’m tempted to leave it in now lol

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 2h

That’s what ten years away does to ya!

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 3h

A clip of me on BBC Radio this morning responding to Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 19h

A weird time to be a historian of multiculturalism, who grew up in Birmingham as one of a handful of white kids at school, who has also written a book on Handsworth. My thoughts on Robert Jenrick’s unabashed racism in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...

What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham

I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18h

I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview

✏️ Kieran Connell

What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham

I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks, mate. Hope you’re keeping well

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 19h

What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham

I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like we are in for another bout of “multiculturalism has failed” takes this week, judging by Badenoch’s comments today

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to a world of guilt for not being the greatest, funnest dog parents ever

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 3d

Naby Keita vibes

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 4d

"I will never doubt British values," Keir Starmer declared at the Labour Conference. "With the flag in our hand, we will renew this country."

We need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain

www.bigissue.com

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 4d

Me for the @bigissue.com - why I think it’s time for a new Commission into the Future of Multicultural Britain, 25 years after New Labour kicked the last one into the long grass

www.bigissue.com/opinion/brit...

We need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain

"I will never doubt British values," Keir Starmer declared at the Labour Conference. "With the flag in our hand, we will renew this country."

www.bigissue.com

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 4d

I had no idea about the bomb threats. Horrific. A big shame the Government lost its nerve. A lot of the problems we are living with today would in my view be far less acute had more of the the Commission’s recommendations been implemented

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 4d

We need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain

"I will never doubt British values," Keir Starmer declared at the Labour Conference. "With the flag in our hand, we will renew this country."

www.bigissue.com

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks!

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI our 2025 shortlist was announced on Tuesday. If you'd like to discover more about this year's books, we have them all available on our new @bookshop_org_uk list here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/wolfso...

An image of the six shortlisted titles for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize, on a beige background

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 6d

I enjoyed speaking to the guys from Berlin’s legendary @jungle.world magazine about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. For some reason they wanted to do a whole issue on Birmingham

jungle.world/artikel/2025...

»Der Rassismus in Großbritannien war nie weg«

Johannes Simon: Kieran Connell, Historiker, im Gespräch über Einwanderung ins Vereinigte Königreich

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations 🙌

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Niamh!

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 7d

Well done 🙌

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Ben

Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Greg!