#British

Omkar Mankame

Oam_16

Completed an online course today which included Mumbai's British history. Came across a very interesting nugget that could have changed Indian cricket history as we know it. In 1862, the

Ashraf🇲🇾

AshrafMhd

JAWI SEBAGAI SENJATA INGGERISSempena Hari Jawi hari ini, aku kongsikan "Malay Grammar" ditulis oleh Windstedt, ketika menjadi DO Kuala Pilah pada 1913.Ini bebenang. 1/12 British sedar yang orang Melayu tidak

Ian Beavis

iancbeavis

Author of two of the classic books on British dragonflies. Which gives me an introduction for a thread on that subject...https://twitter.com/lorraineelizab6/status/1294908415484080129 The earliest monograph on British Dragonflies, by W J

Catio Miles 🌎

CatioMiles

FT Barnier interview:“Britain risks losing its tariff-free and quota-free trading rights with the EU if it diverges too far below European regulatory standards —- singling out a recent controversy over

Rob Griffith

Rob_Griffith_

21 August 1808 - The Battle of Vimeiro, Portugal - British troops under Lt.Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat the French commanded by General Jean-Andoche Junot. The next day Wellesley would

Fatimah

itsfatimah_x

Pictures below, Muharram processions in Trinidad and Tobago. Despite its Islamic origin, 'Hosay' which is the Creole term for 'Husain' was celebrated by all on the estate regardless of creed

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

There's a lot going on in the world right now. The virus. The racism. All of it.But today I want to share a little story about two boats.Just two boats.

Mikaeel

Main_kahil

How many of you know that the founders of Darul Uloom faught the British in battle,before establishing the institution in 1886 ? Well this thread isn't the story of the

ArtOfWar

ArtOfWarNews

We are in the Second Revolution patriots!The elite ruling class have removed all stops and have deployed all assets. Those politicians and bureaucrats who have made millions off the DC

Katie Donington

KatieDonington

Today's pronouncement that heritage orgs shouldn't engage with histories of slavery/empire because they 'do Britain down' is straight out of the UKIP handbook. Literally. This is an extract from their

Rob Laker

RobLaker

Winifred Coombe Tennant at the League of Nations THREAD 3International Humanitarian or National Representative? Coombe Tennant, the Opium Trafficking commission and the Hong Kong dilemma.In 1922, Coombe Tennant became the

Henry Schulman

hankschulman

So here is an example of how a real country does things. My nephew attends the University of British Columbia. When they shut down in March he flew home to

Mafevema #CommonGround

mafevema

Brexit viewed from America"For many others — among them bankers, traders, truckers, architects and millions of migrants — Christmas was only the beginning, Day 1 of a high-stakes and unpredictable

Jenny Grant

SilenceInPolish

"If it's going to be wasted or perhaps handed over to the Hun, we'd better take it ourselves..." In June 1940, as Pétain seeks an armistice with Hitler, a difficult

Seán William Gannon

swgannon

1/Four years later Maurice Collis was born across the bay in Dalkey, one of the few Irish colonial servants to use his position to challenge the power of imperial rule.

YourWullie

YourWullie

'The Way We Were 1968-1983' is a look at British society through the eyes of photographer @HomerSykes. This was a time when British society was going through a period of enormous

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