Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
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Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months!
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I always make an insane feast for my family of 4. 😆This year:
-roasted turkey
-garlic mashed potatoes
-sweet potato casserole
-cranberries
-green bean casserole w:crispy onions smittenkitchen.com/2013/11/gree...
-caramelized onion & kale stuffing smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/kale...
-Tiramisu
-roasted turkey
-garlic mashed potatoes
-sweet potato casserole
-cranberries
-green bean casserole w:crispy onions smittenkitchen.com/2013/11/gree...
-caramelized onion & kale stuffing smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/kale...
-Tiramisu
green bean casserole with crispy onions
A fresh, delicious sauce, crisp-tender green beans and heaps of crispy fried onions that you can make all in one skillet changed my feelings about this once-maligned Thanksgiving staple forever.
smittenkitchen.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I always make an insane feast for my family of 4. 😆This year:
-roasted turkey
-garlic mashed potatoes
-sweet potato casserole
-cranberries
-green bean casserole w:crispy onions smittenkitchen.com/2013/11/gree...
-caramelized onion & kale stuffing smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/kale...
-Tiramisu
-roasted turkey
-garlic mashed potatoes
-sweet potato casserole
-cranberries
-green bean casserole w:crispy onions smittenkitchen.com/2013/11/gree...
-caramelized onion & kale stuffing smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/kale...
-Tiramisu
Following strict orders!! If you want to know how the British monarchy invested in, expanded, profited from, & defended the transatlantic slave trade for centuries, please pre-order my forthcoming book THE CROWN’S SILENCE, out in the US/UK in Jan ‘26! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Following strict orders!! If you want to know how the British monarchy invested in, expanded, profited from, & defended the transatlantic slave trade for centuries, please pre-order my forthcoming book THE CROWN’S SILENCE, out in the US/UK in Jan ‘26! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Happy that THE CROWN’S SILENCE is part of @marinerbooks.bsky.social fantastic Winter 2026 nonfiction lineup. #booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy that THE CROWN’S SILENCE is part of @marinerbooks.bsky.social fantastic Winter 2026 nonfiction lineup. #booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive
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I want white women to want better for themselves. You don't have to shag a catcher's mitt
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I want white women to want better for themselves. You don't have to shag a catcher's mitt
As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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One of the coolest days in NPR-land is here! Books We Love, the gigantic compendium of bite-size book reviews publishes today. Under staff picks, you'll see my take on books about Desi Arnaz and Lorne Michaels. But there's much more to love here. READ: https://loom.ly/DqKKH90
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of the coolest days in NPR-land is here! Books We Love, the gigantic compendium of bite-size book reviews publishes today. Under staff picks, you'll see my take on books about Desi Arnaz and Lorne Michaels. But there's much more to love here. READ: https://loom.ly/DqKKH90
Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Job alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
“A bankrupt royal family of 1760 has become fantastically wealthy, w/King Charles alone having reportedly amassed a fortune worth at least £1.8 billion. … [The UK’s] unreformed imperial monarchy [equates to an] enormous & ever increasing cost to British taxpayers.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
How much does the royal family really cost the British public?
The Windsors are the most expensive royal family in Europe, with coronations, weddings, funerals all funded by UK taxpayers. Norman Baker crunches the numbers
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“A bankrupt royal family of 1760 has become fantastically wealthy, w/King Charles alone having reportedly amassed a fortune worth at least £1.8 billion. … [The UK’s] unreformed imperial monarchy [equates to an] enormous & ever increasing cost to British taxpayers.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
“The University of Georgia Press is delighted to welcome a new editorial team to our Race in the Atlantic World series: Ana Lucia Araujo, Toby Green, and Brooke Newman.” ugapress.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
The University of Georgia Press Welcomes New Editorial Team to Race in the Atlantic World Series
The University of Georgia Press is delighted to welcome a new editorial team to our Race in the Atlantic World series: Ana Lucia Araujo, Toby Green, and Brooke Newman.
ugapress.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“The University of Georgia Press is delighted to welcome a new editorial team to our Race in the Atlantic World series: Ana Lucia Araujo, Toby Green, and Brooke Newman.” ugapress.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
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My book officially exists here in the physical universe. Cannot wait to hold one of these advance reader copies. Getting closer!
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My book officially exists here in the physical universe. Cannot wait to hold one of these advance reader copies. Getting closer!
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
(Thanks for the 📸 @sonyabonczek.bsky.social!!)
Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
An appallingly short-sighted decision on behalf of administrators. New School faculty and students deserve far better.
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An appallingly short-sighted decision on behalf of administrators. New School faculty and students deserve far better.
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🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Programs - School of Advanced Study
universityoflondon.smapply.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Why historians must write for general readers! 📚 Imagine % of Britons who are also unaware that the British monarchy played a pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade & expansion of African slavery in the Caribbean/wider Americas. There’s a book for that👇—& many other must-read history books.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Why historians must write for general readers! 📚 Imagine % of Britons who are also unaware that the British monarchy played a pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade & expansion of African slavery in the Caribbean/wider Americas. There’s a book for that👇—& many other must-read history books.
“The administration is preparing to rip away protections from the vast majority of wetlands in the United States, which are the waters that protect our communities from floods, help filter drinking water and provide habitat for millions of birds and fish.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“The administration is preparing to rip away protections from the vast majority of wetlands in the United States, which are the waters that protect our communities from floods, help filter drinking water and provide habitat for millions of birds and fish.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
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"'People who care about the future of an independent U.S. higher-education system must take seriously the authoritarian aims of the federal government,' said Dominique Baker"
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Plot Against Jim Ryan
Was his ouster a federal coup — or an opportunistic inside job?
www.chronicle.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"'People who care about the future of an independent U.S. higher-education system must take seriously the authoritarian aims of the federal government,' said Dominique Baker"
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Your Own Personal Jesus™️
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Your Own Personal Jesus™️
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
“In 1934, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the NPS, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer. Her designs, both accessible & avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.”
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This letter from former UVA President Jim Ryan recounting his ouster implies a level of corruption and malfeasance I didn't expect, and Youngkin and Miyares are directly implicated along with several others.
Here is the letter from Jim drive.google.com/file/d/1rgFz...
11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This letter from former UVA President Jim Ryan recounting his ouster implies a level of corruption and malfeasance I didn't expect, and Youngkin and Miyares are directly implicated along with several others.
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...