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Danny Daly

@rebels4ever.bsky.social

Love GAA, rugby, European history, European football, Renaissance art, Baroque art, francophile, italophile, RFK, Caravaggio, Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini, Borromini.

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Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2d ago

🎥: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social speak to the NYT’s Maggie Haberman about the extraordinary book she has co-written about Trump’s second term

Maggie Haberman on the inside story of Trump’s second term | Media Confidential

Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber are joined on Media Confidential by journalist Maggie Haberman to discuss her and Jonathan Swan’s explosive new book covering the first year of Trump’s second presidency. Having conducted hundreds of interviews, Maggie shares the astonishing amount of access that t

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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke@kevinhorourke.eurosky.social · 4d ago

The UK press has been great on this. Here is another article in which we learn inter alia that Kushner’s staff “had no idea that it was going to generate this kind of reaction — there was genuine shock” Just the sort of knowledgeable people you want running football www.thetimes.com/article/abf1...

Gianni Infantino clinging to power as efforts to oust him intensify

Support is flooding away from the Fifa president, who will likely be asked to resign at emergency council meeting and is scrambling to establish base of backers

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Jake Tilson@jaketilson.bsky.social · 5d ago

The @vittles.bsky.social 451 Great Restaurants to Try in London - Google Map is a thing of beauty. I've spent the afternoon adding recommendations to my map so when in deepest Dalston or out in Hounslow I'll have somewhere new to try. Subscription needed for access - worth it for this alone.

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Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · last wk.

I’m with my family in France and as people know I have a disabled son who needs 24/7 care, so I can’t be back in Westminster tomorrow - but I look forward to meeting Andy Burnham over Zoom. I’m hopeful this call may prove to be the first step towards fixing our broken care service.

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · last wk.

I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.

Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley

Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…

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Tom McTague@tommctague.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative… [McTague] tells his story with such dry and fair-minded intelligence that even the most passionate Remainer or Leaver should enjoy it enormously.” Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...

Dominic Sandbrook: Remainers and Leavers will enjoy this Brexit history

In his richly provocative account, Between the Waves, Tom McTague shows that Britain’s relationship with Europe has been a ‘long, inglorious fudge’

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Citizeness Kane@citizenesskane.bsky.social · 2w ago

One of the many wonderful things about living in Madrid is that the Prado Museum (free in the afternoons!) has a gorgeous collection of more than 50 works by Zurbarán (shown in the link below). Enjoy the exhibition, UK folks! www.museodelprado.es/en/the-colle...

Francisco de Zurbarán - The Collection

He learned art in Seville with Pedro Díaz de Villanueva (1614), but was undoubtedly friendly with Pacheco and Velázquez as well. History views him as the quintessential monastic painter, absolutely in...

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JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 2w ago

New on the blog this week, a mid-year round-up featuring my favourite books from Jan to June 2026 - highlights from 6 months of reading. Including books by Shirley Jackson, Leonardo Sciascia, Lalla Romano, Elizabeth Jane Howard & more! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/m...

My favourite books from Jan – June 2026

Now that we’re well into July, I thought it might be interesting to put together a mid-year review, summarising my reading highlights from January to June. I seem to say this every year, but 2026 i…

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Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today I'm sharing the 2nd lecture of my course "Hitler and Stalin Today," titled “A World of Empire.” Totalitarianism did not emerge from nowhere. It was a response particularly to the empires that Europeans had created. This course was hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca youtu.be/PDOGV5Gl6SE?...

Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 2: A world of empire

YouTube video by Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

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Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3w ago

In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...

Joe Egerton@joeegg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Comment is Freed - the substack of @ldfreedman.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social - is very good value. Informed, literate, historically aware and invariably stimulating.

Lawrence Freedman@ldfreedman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Latest post looks at why when war going better for Ukraine defence minister and commander-in-chief clashed, so that both replaced. I assess the potential impact of the changes, noting that rows are not unusual at the top when countries are at war. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/turmoil-at...