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Associate Professor Modern History, Intelligence and Security, Diplomacy, Northern Ireland and Britain's End of Empire.

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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 28d

Harvard. On offer this week at Lidl.

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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway"

Other journalists should take notes on reporting from Maxim Kelly.

www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Excerpt from the article:
"The anti-immigrant activists also carried a flag of Jesus of Nazareth – possibly history’s most famous refugee - and Welsh-born immigrant, St Patrick, much to the mirth of onlookers, who posted dozens of bemused videos on Galwegian social media channels regarding the marchers’ misspelled ‘Galimh’ banner. United Irishmen, crowned harps, ‘Erin go bragh’ and Sacred Heart flags were also flown by marchers, who played songs by lifelong socialist, Luke Kelly, amplified through loudhailers. One woman was dressed up as Anglo-Irish nationalist and socialist revolutionary, Constance Markievicz."

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Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you have to write about awful people gathering and doing awful racist things, then this is absolutely the way to do it. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway

Galway city centre was especially busy last Saturday, with racegoers, summer tourists and the unusual addition of a march by far-right agitators, met by an anti-fascist counter demonstration, causing ...

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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Aug 1

Because they both use Adobe's free cloud it's relatively seamless. Saved me hours making the pdfs alone, the OCR and then search is just a bonus.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Aug 1

It will recognize the text for the first fifty pages on the free version, but if you have full Adobe on your uni laptop that will do anything larger and fairly quickly.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 31

Adobe Scan on my phone has been a game changer for me. Been evangelizing MS OneNote for years but never seen anyone else use it.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 19

An old MI5 officer recalled his recruitment. 'i was tapped on the shoulder in the gentlemen's lavatory of the Royal Bindi Club...'

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh and look, it's on Amazon too. www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Disp...

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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 18

And University Press of Kansas have made a beautiful book. @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 18

Mark Stout and Sarah-Jane Corke have done a great job putting this together and getting it out. @markstout.bsky.social

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 18

Need to get a read of Gill Bennett's chapter on disinformation. @gillhistory.bsky.social

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jul 18

Fantastic new book here showcasing the excellent new research out there in intelligence history. So happy my author's copy arrived today. 🙂‍↔️

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jun 11

Looking forward to it. I read your preview in this www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AGNEF...

The official record: oversight, national security and democracy

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jun 11

50 free copies of this short review from me of Peter Finn and Robert Ledger (eds),The official record: oversight, national security and democracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... An even shorter review would be 'go read it'.

The official record: oversight, national security and democracy

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jun 2

If I remember the Newsletter supported US Independence, lots of their readers had relatives among the rebels.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hey, my diesel MPV seats 7, is ULEZ compliant and gets 50mpg.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 24

Oli North would've used Signal.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 21

He was pivotal to the West's initial understanding of the 1983 war scare, though new sources on both sides have emerged since. One of a handful of people who could at least legitimately claim to have saved the world from nuclear annihilation.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 21

Gordon Correa just now, 'Oleg Gordievsky has died. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s. Nothing suspicious to his passing, I understand'

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today's fantastic trip to MoD Chicksands and their Military Intelligence Museum, topped with a talk from Defence Intelligence. #universityofstaffordshire #ProudToBeStaffs .

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 12

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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'm not sure I understand, the NZ High Comissioner got sacked because there aren't parallels you can draw between the Munich Agreement (and the Nazi-Soviet Pact for that matter), or because there are. #appliedhistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Zealand fires UK envoy Phil Goff over Trump comments

Phil Goff asked if Trump

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Mar 6

Percy Jackson for World Book 2025 and he's nailed the hair.

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Feb 28

@helenyates.bsky.social Here you go!

Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Oct 20

Created a starter pack for #IrishHistory on Bluesky - apologies if I’ve left folks out - let me know go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe

Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Feb 25

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social absolutely smashing it last night, right when the world needs clarity, the Newsnight team delivers again. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Newsnight - US Votes With Russia at UN

Three years to the day since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US breaks with its Western allies to side with Russia at the United Nations. With Victoria Derbyshire.