Kieran Connell
@kieranconnell.bsky.social
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
Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary
Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
Rosie from Juno Books selling the lads
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rosie from Juno Books selling the lads
Looking forward to taking part in this discussion in Dublin in a couple of weeks. Join us if you can!
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looking forward to taking part in this discussion in Dublin in a couple of weeks. Join us if you can!
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
A clip of me on BBC Radio this morning responding to Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A clip of me on BBC Radio this morning responding to Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth
Looks like we are in for another bout of “multiculturalism has failed” takes this week, judging by Badenoch’s comments today
October 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Looks like we are in for another bout of “multiculturalism has failed” takes this week, judging by Badenoch’s comments today
Thank you! This was the book they were leafing through
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thank you! This was the book they were leafing through
My kids stumbled across these remarkable colonial-era racist caricatures of the Irish in a Belfast coffee shop of all places today. They were in a book that the proprietors had left lying around, trying to make the cafe seem ‘cultured’. God knows what was actually written in it…
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My kids stumbled across these remarkable colonial-era racist caricatures of the Irish in a Belfast coffee shop of all places today. They were in a book that the proprietors had left lying around, trying to make the cafe seem ‘cultured’. God knows what was actually written in it…
A damning indictment of where the UK is at right now where an African Caribbean student group is moved to issue advice like this, urging people to avoid great swathes of the city because of racist vigilantes
September 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A damning indictment of where the UK is at right now where an African Caribbean student group is moved to issue advice like this, urging people to avoid great swathes of the city because of racist vigilantes
Excited to hold an advanced copy of this in my hands
September 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Excited to hold an advanced copy of this in my hands
Who is the smuggest man in Britain and how can it be anyone other than Tim Spector?
August 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Who is the smuggest man in Britain and how can it be anyone other than Tim Spector?
I am signed up for a few events this autumn to talk about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Come along if you’re in Sheffield, Cambridge or Dublin. Possibly more to come - keep an eye on my website for more info!
www.kieranconnell.com/events
www.kieranconnell.com/events
July 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I am signed up for a few events this autumn to talk about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Come along if you’re in Sheffield, Cambridge or Dublin. Possibly more to come - keep an eye on my website for more info!
www.kieranconnell.com/events
www.kieranconnell.com/events
There are parts of the Labour Party who are among the nastiest in the cesspit that is current UK politics
July 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
There are parts of the Labour Party who are among the nastiest in the cesspit that is current UK politics
I’ll be taking part in Bradford Literature Festival on 28 June talking about multiculturalism. If you’re in West Yorkshire, come along!
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/multic...
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/multic...
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’ll be taking part in Bradford Literature Festival on 28 June talking about multiculturalism. If you’re in West Yorkshire, come along!
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/multic...
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/multic...
The epilogue from my book. Siva said it best - “what Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after”
May 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The epilogue from my book. Siva said it best - “what Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after”
I have a very personal essay in today’s Irish Times about the grandfather I never met, the historian KH Connell
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
April 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I have a very personal essay in today’s Irish Times about the grandfather I never met, the historian KH Connell
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
You need to raise your elevenses game tbh
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
You need to raise your elevenses game tbh
A privilege to hold in my hands a hot-off-the-press copy of this beautiful and timely book by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A privilege to hold in my hands a hot-off-the-press copy of this beautiful and timely book by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social
Thanks to Lily Pearson for the lovely review of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Social History
March 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Thanks to Lily Pearson for the lovely review of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Social History
Thanks to Thomas C Jones for the positive review of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in the new issue of History Today
March 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Thanks to Thomas C Jones for the positive review of MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in the new issue of History Today
I’m not on insta but someone sent me this - an endorsement for my book from the legendary BALLY SAGOO! Undoubtedly the coolest endorsement I’ve ever got
January 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m not on insta but someone sent me this - an endorsement for my book from the legendary BALLY SAGOO! Undoubtedly the coolest endorsement I’ve ever got
Wonderful night launching MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN with so many friends and family in attendance. Thanks to BRIG, Voce Books, the Stuart Hall Archive Project and everyone who came along
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Wonderful night launching MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN with so many friends and family in attendance. Thanks to BRIG, Voce Books, the Stuart Hall Archive Project and everyone who came along
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Tomorrow I’ll be launching MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Birmingham. Some of the book’s characters will be there - including the proprietor of the Balti restaurant where I worked as a teenager.
It’s 7-8pm at the Warehouse Cafe. If you’re in Birmingham, come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
It’s 7-8pm at the Warehouse Cafe. If you’re in Birmingham, come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
November 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Tomorrow I’ll be launching MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN in Birmingham. Some of the book’s characters will be there - including the proprietor of the Balti restaurant where I worked as a teenager.
It’s 7-8pm at the Warehouse Cafe. If you’re in Birmingham, come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...
It’s 7-8pm at the Warehouse Cafe. If you’re in Birmingham, come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multicultu...