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Kieran Connell
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Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY out now with Hurst: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/multicultural-britain/

Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary
Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · Sep 30
I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

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2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
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Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?

Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Home Office post with a black background and the words Access to benefits restricted to British (with a union flag as the texture for the word "British") Citizens in all caps bold font
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Finally got my review of @kieranconnell.bsky.social's Multicultural Britain together for @midlandhistory.bsky.social - spoiler alert, I thought it was fab.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Multicultural Britain: A People’s History
Published in Midland History (Vol. 50, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I talked to the History Extra pod about the ideas behind MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN and how they relate to today’s grim politics

Listen on Spotify oR wHerEvEr yOu gEt yOur PoDcAsTs

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A new history of multicultural Britain
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November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
kieranconnell.bsky.social
I talked to the History Extra pod about the ideas behind MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN and how they relate to today’s grim politics

Listen on Spotify oR wHerEvEr yOu gEt yOur PoDcAsTs

open.spotify.com/episode/4Zey...
A new history of multicultural Britain
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
kieranconnell.bsky.social
This from John Crace on the Labour politician whom Reform are happy to call one of their own would be hilarious if events in the Commons this evening weren’t so totally, utterly abhorrent

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Shabana Mahmood asked by Labour MP John McDonnell to "give me the assurance that no child will be placed in detention as a result of this policy"

Mahmood does not give him that assurance
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Starmer bemoans the “return” of racism to Uk politics, which would be fine were he not one of the main reasons for it

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Mosques set on fire, shot at with air guns, and smashed with paving slabs.

Just the latest examples of the real world consequences of the political mainstreaming of racism

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Flags and Christian nationalist slogans feature in soaring attacks on UK mosques
Between July and October, 25 buildings were targeted in 27 attacks, according to British Muslim Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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This discussion on multiculturalism in Ireland and Britain is happening *tonight* in Europe House in Dublin

Hopefully see any Dubs I follow there

dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
Learning From The Neighbours: Multiculturalism in Ireland and the UK | Office in Dublin | European Parliament
dublin.europarl.europa.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I’m speaking about Salman Rushdie at the Cambridge Modern History seminar, St John’s College tomorrow afternoon. Join us if you can

www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...
Modern British History | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
www.hist.cam.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Rosie from Juno Books selling the lads
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Happening tonight in the steel city
kieranconnell.bsky.social Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · Oct 22
If you’re in Sheffield or the vicinity this Sat night, why not come along to this @otsfestival.bsky.social discussion of multiculturalism with myself, Emer O’Neill & others. Tickets and details 👇

offtheshelf.org.uk/events/diver...
In partnership with Speaking Volumes through their Breaking Ground Ireland Arts Council England funded project
offtheshelf.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Tomorrow, @writersmosaic joins @OffTheShelfFest for 'Diverse Islands' - a vital conversation on race, identity & multiculturalism across the UK & Ireland. 🌍📚

With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Was asked by @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social to pick my favourite non fiction books. Basically went for the books I had by my side as I wrote MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Featuring books by @sarahknott.bsky.social, @bungatuffie.bsky.social & Mike Davis, among others 👇

uk.bookshop.org/lists/kieran...
Kieran Connell's favourite historical non-fiction books
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
uk.bookshop.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
kieranconnell.bsky.social
Was asked by @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social to pick my favourite non fiction books. Basically went for the books I had by my side as I wrote MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Featuring books by @sarahknott.bsky.social, @bungatuffie.bsky.social & Mike Davis, among others 👇

uk.bookshop.org/lists/kieran...
Kieran Connell's favourite historical non-fiction books
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
uk.bookshop.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
Looking for #history book recommendations?

Kieran Connell (@kieranconnell.bsky.social) has selected some of his favourite historical non-fiction books, which you can check out on our
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page ⬇️ 📚

uk.bookshop.org/lists/kieran...
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
"Original and captivating."

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they have shortlisted Kieran Connell's (@kieranconnell.bsky.social) 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) for the 2025 prize.
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
kieranconnell.bsky.social
If you’re in Sheffield or the vicinity this Sat night, why not come along to this @otsfestival.bsky.social discussion of multiculturalism with myself, Emer O’Neill & others. Tickets and details 👇

offtheshelf.org.uk/events/diver...
In partnership with Speaking Volumes through their Breaking Ground Ireland Arts Council England funded project
offtheshelf.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
Kieran Connell (@kieranconnell.bsky.social), the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted author, on learning from the mistakes of the past.

Discover more about Kieran Connell through the Q&A on our website ⬇️

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/author-inter...
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Both Tommy Robinson and Keir Starmer want a load of openly racist football fans to be allowed to travel to Birmingham, a city with an “ethnic minority” majority. What does that tell you?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
For this week's #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist showcase, we'll be spotlighting 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' by Kieran Connell (@kieranconnell.bsky.social) (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners...
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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QUB academic on need for change over immigration debates: ‘People will think I’m a liberal elite, divorced from real issues…’

https://www.europesays.com/2503323/

Writer and academic Dr Kieran Connell talks to Gillian Halliday about his new book about Multiculturalism, witnessing …
QUB academic on need for change over immigration debates: ‘People will think I'm a liberal elite, divorced from real issues…’ - EUROPE SAYS
Kieran Connell has been discussing the phenomenon of an unlikely alliance as an Irish tricolour and Union flag are held aloft side-by-side
www.europesays.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I spoke to the Belfast Telegraph about my book, being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social and the state of multiculturalism in the UK and Ireland today

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/qub-his...
QUB historian on 2024 Belfast disorder: ‘Anti-migrant sentiment cut through the deepest of cultural ties that many of us thought never would happen’
Dr Kieran Connell, a historian at Queen’s University, witnessed first-hand the violence in August 2024 that erupted from the anti-immigration protests in Belfast city centre when businesses were attac...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM