#OnThisDay 1916 James Connolly was taken from the State Apartments in Dublin Castle, taken to Kilmainham Gaol, tied to a chair & executed. Before he was shot Connolly said to his wife Lillie,
“Hasn’t it been a full life Lillie, and isn’t this is a good end?”
#Ireland #History

I was just taking a photo of one of our roses this afternoon and then this flew in front of the camera. Couldn’t have lined it up better if I’d tried.

(Hemaris fuciformis, known as the broad-bordered bee hawk-moth - and of course I recognised it straight away 😉)

Commenting on the University of Namibia intervention banning politics on campus. Drafted some ten days ago, it seems now more applicable to German and other Western universities, intimidating and repressing students and staff, denying them to take a stand.namibian.com.na/unam-academic-…

One of my impressions from all the discussions I had about my book #Eurowhiteness in the second half of last year was how reluctant (continental) Europeans are to discuss race and how they often seek to change the subject. I encountered 3 distinct versions of this denialism: 1/5

This is settler colonialism, happening right now. During a war of aggression and atrocity Russians come to Ukraine and claim property on illegally-occupied lands (here Mariupol).

Putin replaces security chiefs in surprise reshuffle on.ft.com/3wz0FBU

NEW: Bosnia’s dark past has given way to a murky present, Jasmin Mujanović tells me on today's New Lines Magazine The Lede. We talk Europe, the Balkans and his new book “The Bosniaks: Nationhood After Genocide.” Hurst Publishers newlinesmag.com/podcast/bosnia…

The First Cold War — Barbara Emerson on when #Russia and Britain were at odds
ft.com/content/667628…

In Moscow's Shadows 146: Britain and Russia, Eternal Frenemies
Reading Emerson's excellent 'The First Cold War' got me thinking about Anglo-Russian relations: why we loom so large in the other's geopolitical imagination, why Russia is torn between Anglophilia and Anglophobia.…

We never seem to learn. Western fear of escalation just makes Russia bolder. This appalling behavour needs a response. This by Keir Giles
chathamhouse.org/2024/05/russia…

Phil Tinline I’m a bit late to the party #deathofconsensus . Is it ok to read this in Islington? (Not whilst drinking champagne).

Brilliant editorial on the consequences of allowing further Russian aggression from Matthew Syed. Good to see such clarity in a major newspaper. thetimes.co.uk/article/paris-…

#IndianElections #NewDelhi

best geopolitical hack i’ve seen of this meme.

SP mitts, motorcycle helmet, FOUR RUNS...

Pleased to announce the publication of the Chinese edition of All Roads Lead North by China Times Publishing Company.
The edition is titled: Nepal: The Unbalanced Border (尼泊爾：不平衡的邊界)
My thanks to Kanishka Gupta Michael Dwyer for making this possible. 🙏🙏

'The cognitive dimension of the personality cult that Modi introduced as chief minister of Gujarat did not rely on discourse only, but on symbols too.'

An excerpt from ‘Gujarat Under Modi’ by Jaffrelot Christophe:
himalmag.com/politics/chris…

You will forgive me for posting so much about my book the last few days but seeing this review (of the Bosnian translation of the book) reprinted in Sunday’s edition of Serbia’s liberal Danas feels very special. Progress remains possible. Conversation & education are key.

Just found an unfinished draft of my cables and pipelines map that I made last year, without any land. A different perspective on global connections. When I find time, I should probably remake this with better color choices and adding in the gas pipelines.

An important book, especially now.