Alan Lester

@alanlester.bsky.social

British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/

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Arday was forced to make corrections to 2 of his 33 academic papers for citation mistakes and had his PhD investigated by the awarding institution. He was held accountable. Others guilty of worse malpractice, including among his accusers, have not been, while Arday was hounded to death.

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Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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4/5 Samuel spent the summer on an internship undertaking rigorous source referencing that validated, updated and protected Bert’s findings with the gold standard of academic rigour. With my and Sarah’s guidance Sam took Bert’s work in the Brighton & Hove Black History booklet…

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3/5 At a time of greater, right wing denial and disavowal of Britain’s colonial and multi-racial past & bad faith attacks on community historians, they partnered with me and an outstanding @SussexUni student, Samuel Emmott Lozano to shore up Bert’s original research.

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2/5 Sarah Lee, co-founder with Bert of the Brighton & Hove Black History Group, alongside a thriving group of volunteers from diverse backgrounds have responded to Bert’s recent experience of serious illness by seeking to safeguard his research.

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1/5 Brighton & Hove’s Black & Colonial History: After retiring from the RAF Bert Williams MBE spent his time uncovering the stories of Black people’s presence in Brighton & Hove. However he faced prejudice, excluded from institutions which did not take him or his work seriously.

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