#British

Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu

uwagbale_

From 1400s - 1900s, the "Igbu" which the Portuguese referred to as "Mukponoqua or Bini cloth was a currency & sought after commodity by Europeans & West Africans. The cloth

Secunder Kermani

SecKermani

As UK Covid cases rise, new insight into the debate over lockdown restrictions back in MarchI've obtained this email from Govt's Chief Scientific Adviser Vallance says he "argued stronger than

Sanjeev Sanyal

sanjeevsanyal

The communist infiltration of the revolutionary movement was a matter of concern to its leaders. Here is a letter from Rashbehari Bose to Sachin Sanyal 1938. It also tells us

Bristol News #FBPE #EUCitizen

RealBristolNews

Japan PAYS Tory wanna-be MP' "Think Tank" the Henry Jackson Society run by Alan Mendoza £10k a month to smash Chinese. These b**tards are spewing hatred towards China over coronavirus

Joseph Willits

josephwillits

Habib Zaidi https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-52040991Adil El Tayar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/first-working-nhs-surgeon-dies-from-coronavirusAmged El-Hawrani https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/first-nhs-consul

Jeremy Banning

jbanningww1

1/ A short thread on what seems to be a regular topic for me - 28th Division casualties at the Second Battle of Ypres in April - May 1915. Please

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

On the 15th of August, taking a look at the life of a freedom fighter Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna, whose Jayanti it is today. Not so well known outside of Karnataka,

Corbyn's Happy Jewish Cat 🐱🌹#BlackLivesMatter

ChampagneDosser

My brother did 3 tours of Northern Ireland, my Uncle'swife's family were connected to the IRA.At primary school I took in mugshots of IRA terrorists which my brother gave to

Terry Fagan

Monto22

Sahara, born 1900 in the tenements on Gardiner Street, Dublin.Recalls some events in Irish History, 1913 Lockout. 1916 Easter Rising, she & a friend were looting from a sweet shop

Hetan Shah

HetanShah

‘Epidemics are social as well as biological phenomena.’ My @nature piece on the importance of social science and humanities in tackling our big global challengeshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x Very helpful crowd sourced list

Isaac Skrzypczyk Ⓥ

isaac_skrz

My heart truly goes out to all of my fellow trans young adults, who have pushed through the gut wrenching, lengthy, difficult process that is accessing hormone blockers and then

Crystal Shards System

crys64sys

tw: self-hatred vent later on in threadAny other white people get extremely depressed over not having a culture? How do you cope with it? We were obsessed with two other

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plant02K

Indian heroes of independence - a thread.The modern day conservative Indian mocks the struggle our country had to endure to regain independence from one of the cruelest regimes the world

AustrianSchoolSwift

femboy_swift

I've managed to find an interactive map for the western front during WW2 and this is exactly what I've always needed. One of the things most people don't know about

Chris Stokel-Walker

stokel

This is wiiiiiiild. Internet protectionism. A Balkanised internet. Everything we lambast China and Russia for, Trump and his pals are doinghttps://www.ft.com/content/2eb1859f-ea08-4c7e-9bdd-a6712389a389 "When they go low, we go lower&q

Manimugdha Sharma

quizzicalguy

It's a tad surprising to see Indians cheering Turkey's decision to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. I also see claims that the Ottoman Sultan and not the Mughal emperor