@Fiery_Particle

Historian of modern Britain. New book, Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twentieth Century, out now: https://xitter.cf/t.co/8PS2ma2PRP

Joined November 2014
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She was the first female Minister of Education, fought for justice, equality, women's rights, workers rights, international relations, and was one of the leading political voices against the rise of Fascism in 1930s Europe. Great choice, @RachelReevesMP.
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@PolitlcsUK29 Oct 2024
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves has swapped out a portrait of Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor, Nigel Lawson, for one of Ellen Wilkinson, a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain
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75 years after Nineteen Eighty-Four, this course reexamines Orwell's writing and its relevance today. Explore censorship, free speech, inequality, and more. What does "Orwellian" really mean? Find out with @Fiery_Particle. Register: hubs.la/Q02N2vqw0 #Orwell #Literature
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On the podcast | Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle) explores the life and times of the writer responsible for conjuring up 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four': spr.ly/6019Y0XjT
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Listen! @Fiery_Particle talks to @NewBooksCritThe about the brilliant “Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century” newbooksnetwork.com/laura-be…
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Join @Fiery_Particle Laura Beers for two talks in London celebrating the release of #OrwellsGhosts — a timely look at #Orwell's writing and its role in today's #culturewars.' [A] lucid, engaging study.' — @NewYorker See 🧵below for more info.
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💡✒️📖 Join @Fiery_Particle (Laura Beers) for two talks in London celebrating the release of #OrwellsGhosts — a timely look at #Orwell's writing and its role in today's #culturewars. '[A] lucid, engaging study.' — @NewYorker See 🧵 below for more info.
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🎙️💡 Join Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle) and @phil_tinline (author of #TheDeathOfConsensus) as they celebrate the release of #OrwellsGhosts at @WaterstonesTraf with this timely discussion on the culture wars surrounding George #Orwell. 🎟️ ⬇️ waterstones.com/events/orwel…
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The 2024 general election will be remembered for a series of scandals around political betting. In a new opinion article for us (illustrated by Steve Way), Professor Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle examines the historical precedents. historyandpolicy.org/opinion…
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Join us for a series of fantastic events with author and historian @Fiery_Particle as she discusses her brilliant new book and the relevance Orwell still has in our current political climate, details here: exyu.short.gy/ppTUt5
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It is extraordinary that the USA gets treated to a dismantling of the Tory party orders of magnitude better than the tame efforts anyone dares attempt here. (And no, it's not the swearing that makes the difference - it's the accuracy of the attacks.)

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Keeping Orwell Flying: youtube.com/watch?v=XP4THEAX… @Fiery_Particle @NicoleLindstrom @YorkFestofIdeas

Orwell’s Ghosts - Laura Beers

Seventy-five years after 1984 first published, George Orwell is bac...

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🎙️💬 Will the stories created by #Kafka and #Orwell continue to resonate across the globe? Listen to @Fiery_Particle talk about Orwell’s legacy with Ian Hislop and @helenlewis. *Or learn all about it in #OrwellsGhosts! 📕bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00201…

Orwell vs Kafka - Ep 6: Afterlife - BBC Sounds

The last in the series in which Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate Orwell and Kafka.

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The Modern Politics of Britain's Imperial History - our latest podcast for Progressive Britain. progressivebritain.org/the-m…

The modern politics of Britain's imperial history

Hosts, Laura Beers and Steven Fielding, speak to Charlotte Lydia Riley about the consequences of Britain's empire and colonialism for modern British politics

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🗳️From our new collection on 'Elections'! Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle) on 'Labour's Britain, Fight for it Now!' #Media #Politics #GeneralElection #Publicity #Popular #BBC #Communication 📰📻 👉Read online here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Impartiality week @CNNOpinion. Thx @julianzelizer @HolstaT @FridaGhitis @secupp @NormEisen @ruthbenghiat @peterbergencnn @pastpunditry @kerrilkennedy @haroonthemoghul @Fiery_Particle @JillFilipovic @carriesheffield @nberlat cnn.com/2024/05/26/opinions/…

Opinion: Alito’s second red flag | CNN

We expect those tasked with administering justice to practice impartiality in their rulings, writes Kirsi Goldynia. The justices, too, acknowledge the importance of keeping personal views out of...

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Early stock available now! #OrwellsGhosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by @Fiery_Particle ‘rescues #Orwell from “two-dimensional caricature”. An essential read.’ — @RachelReevesMP With Orwell claimed by all sides of the #culturewars, returning to his own world and words offers sharp and surprising lessons for today’s crises. Get 25% off w/code ORWELL25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yk4rkbs7
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Laura Beers retweeted
NACBS@TheNACBS1 Mar 2024
📢George Orwell and British Studies 📅April 4 Online and open to all Join Peter Stansky, @fiery_particle, and @EileenMHunt for a lively discussion on their recent scholarship and Orwell's broader place in British Studies. Info and RSVP nacbs.org/event-details/orwe…

Orwell and British Studies | NACBS

NACBS invites you to join Peter Stansky, Laura Beers, and Eileen Hunt for a lively discussion on their recent scholarship and Orwell's broader place in British Studies.

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Laura Beers retweeted
Progress@progbrit4 Mar 2024
ICYMI: David Torrance told @Fiery_Particle and @PolProfSteve the remarkable story of the ‘Wild Men’ of the first Labour Government. Listen here: progressivebritain.org/the-w…

The Wild Men of the first Labour Government

Laura and Steven, hosts of the Progressive Britain History Project, speak to David Torrance about his new book on the remarkable story of the first Labour Government of 1924.

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Laura Beers retweeted
Progress@progbrit16 Feb 2024
NEW EPISODE 🎙️ @Fiery_Particle and @PolProfSteve speak to @davidtorrance about his new book on the first Labour government of 1924. Hear the story of the first Labour administration – its unexpected birth, fraught existence, and controversial downfall ⬇️ progressivebritain.org/the-w…

The Wild Men of the first Labour Government

Laura and Steven, hosts of the Progressive Britain History Project, speak to David Torrance about his new book on the remarkable story of the first Labour Government of 1924.

progressonline.org.uk
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I was delighted to speak to @Fiery_Particle & @PolProfSteve of @progbrit for their recent podcast. 🎙️ We discussed my new book ‘Age of Hope’, which focuses on Clement #Attlee’s 1945 Labour government & its contribution to modern Britain. ➡️ rb.gy/422tej. #LabourParty

Clement Attlee and modern Britain, with Richard Toye

Laura and Steven talk to Professor Richard Toye about his new book 'Age of Hope', which focuses on Clement Attlee's 1945 Labour government and its contribution to modern Britain.

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