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Dan Feather

@danieljfeather.bsky.social

Historian interested in cultural diplomacy, the 'British world', and southern Africa. Attempting to write a book about British-Rhodesian cultural relations during UDI while also examining British policy towards the South African Bantustans

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Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 2w ago

Writing the intro to a monograph is very hard, you want to say so much and ensure you cite all the relevant literature, but actually have very little space to do this when you also need to introduce the topic, contextualise key events, and say soemthing about your sources/aporoach

Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 4w ago

Editing the final chapter of my next book, which analyses UK policy towards educational contact with Rhodesia in the 70s. HMG officials engaged with exiled student groups in the UK, the ANC, ZAPU & ZANU so I'm hoping re-reading this will help me get to grips with the tension between these groups

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flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · last mo.

I don’t think any of the Sun, the Mail, the Tories or Morgan McSweeney wanted to create a country that’s perpetually one bad headline from a mob of violent scumbags burning down a building full of black people. Nonetheless, we should recognise that they have in fact done that and they aren’t sorry.

Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great to be back in South Africa en route to the Southern African History Association conference in Zimbabwe. However, depressing that the news cycle is filled with similarly nasty xenophobia to Britain, and that so many people you speak to blame most of the country’s ills on migrants

LJMU History@ljmuhistory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very exciting to see Senior Lecturer in American History Malcolm Craig's history-based role-playing games out in the wild. Watch out for a special launch event when the new academic year starts in September! FYI @ljmuimpact.bsky.social, @ljmuresearch.bsky.social, and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Malcolm Craig@malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have not run a game at a convention for many, many years. But this weekend I'm hosting a game of Hot War 2nd edition at the Rolling in the Ruins mini-con organised by @breakfastruins.bsky.social. I am both nervous and excited.

A top down view of stuff for running a game of Hot War 2nd edition. On the left is the book itself and on the right are four character sheets. Also in frame are the game map of London and a map of south east England.
Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleased to see that the Africa@LSE blog have published my article on Helen Zille's unconventional campaign to become the Mayor of Johannesburg blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Performance politics, colonial controversies, and the race for Johannesburg - Africa at LSE

An unorthodox campaign strategy, and institutional failings might cause a political upset in Johannesburg, writes Daniel Feather. Veteran South African politician Helen Zille continues to make ‘a spla...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I've had a short write up published in the Zimbabwe Review on the book I'm currently writing. Provisionally entitled "Engaging with a Pariah State: British Policy Towards Cultural Relations with Rhodesia, 1963-1980"

Jack Saundrs@jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Given that we're told that Muslims as a bloc are communalist, anti-Semitic, misogynist homophobes, you might assume voting for a non-religious white woman, standing for a LGBT friendly party, led by a gay Jewish man, might lead you to stand down all those sectarianism headlines.

Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein

Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

bylinetimes.com

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’d add: these movements did what you’re *supposed to do* in a democratic system; organise, start debates, campaign, talk to politicians, put forward candidates. In response, they got screaming hostility and ludicrous shenanigans from politicians and politicians that are as popular as genital warts.

Dan Feather @danieljfeather.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is genuinely one of the best pieces of analysis I’ve read on this issue. It perfectly describes a number of people on one side of my own family

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · last yr.

I always love it when people get up on their high horse about this, because I do know lots of people who were Tories for decades and are now Reform and let me tell you, getting to know them is a highly instructive and helpful experience with many useful lessons. Give me a minute here.

lain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.so... • 17h It's got to the stage where if 'you don't know anyone whose voting for Reform' you need to broaden your social circle. Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about politics.