Powerful piece from @zoesqwilliams on how we've come to deny that men can be victims too. ⬇️😥 One way that we men can help is to stop pretending to be tough all the time... #MentalHealth #RefugeesWelcome
My immediate (inexpert) thought is that if we work to normalise male vulnerability and discussion of mental health issues, that would help counter the prevailing toxic masculinity that dehumanises others and supplies the far right with recruits. #Southport
I'll go first: I've just started therapy to tackle c-ptsd. I'm not ashamed of it, and I don't think it makes me any less masculine. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #ptsd #trauma
A True Crime documentary in three pics and a video… [Ep 1] Thursday, c1235hs GMT - I put out a little table with a huge pile of mealworms, and set up my camera hoping to capture foxes having supper… 🤓🎥🌳🦊🍃🍂 #TrueCrime#nature#wildlife
A short thread about imperial attitudes and how Africa was carved up by European occupiers… 🧐🧵 #BritishEmpire#history#Africa
I’ve tweeted before about Major Sir Claude MacDonald (pic above)… He’s one of the main figures in my new book BLOOD AND BRONZE because he led the initial formal British occupation of what is now southern Nigeria. #BeninBronzes#history@HurstPublishers
I regard MacDonald as a cut above the average imperial official, but nonetheless he was guilty of some horrendous acts, which have been largely obscured or forgotten in the archives. ⬇️😖 #Nigeria#BritishEmpire#history#ColonialViolence
It’s generally well known that the Opium Wars of the mid nineteenth century were launched by Britain against China in order to benefit British drug smugglers… 🤨🇬🇧🇨🇳 #OpiumWars#BritishEmpire#ColonialViolence#China
After all, even the National Army Museum – not typically regarded as a bastion of anti-Establishment lefties – states this frankly in its displays on the Opium Wars. #BritishEmpire#ColonialViolence#China
Today marked a significant milestone: @JesusCollegeCam handed over the Benin Bronze in its possession to representatives from #Nigeria. Well done to Jesus College. There is simply no excuse for anyone else keeping stolen property. 🙏🇳🇬 #BeninBronzes
Twitter pronouncements by @JimMFelton are incorporated directly into English common law, right? ⬇️😋 In that case, I’m legally obliged to plug the bejeesus out of my forthcoming book… 🤪👩🏼⚖️📔 #history#books@HurstPublishers#BeninBronzes
It’s called “Blood and Bronze” and tells the true story of the 1897 British invasion and destruction of the Kingdom of Benin, when the famous Bronzes were plundered… Empire loons like @NigelBiggar will absolutely *hate* it… 😃 #history#BritishEmpire