About a month after Roger Casement’s arrest in April 1916, extracts of diaries purporting to be composed by Roger Casement were circulated. Two key people were involved in this campaign: Reginald Hall, the head of Naval Intelligence; and Basil Thomson, the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and Head of the CID. There is some … Continue reading The Framing Of Roger Casement: Typescripts Versus Handwritten Diaries
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The Casement Diaries: Fake Truth – The Case Of Mr. Germain
On 23rd July 1959 British Home Secretary R.A. Butler made an important announcement to the House of Commons concerning the controversy about the obscene diaries attributed to Roger Casement. Besides admitting their existence for the first time, Butler briefly described the diaries and commented on how and when they had come into police possession. He … Continue reading The Casement Diaries: Fake Truth – The Case Of Mr. Germain
A Side-Issue In The Casement Story: McCormick And Grayson
In last month’s Irish Political Review I focused on the career of J. Arthur Maundy Gregory, who became famous by selling more knighthoods and other titles of honour than anyone else in Great Britain. Previous to that, he was probably involved—under the direction of Basil Thomson, head of Scotland Yard—in forging the 'Black Diaries' attributed to Roger Casement. I set out below … Continue reading A Side-Issue In The Casement Story: McCormick And Grayson
The Difficulty With Anti-Semitism!
"I think people are missing the point about what is fuelling this [i.e., the upsurge in what is called Anti-Semitism in recent times]. Anti-Semitism is always with us, will always be with us, has been with us since the Jewish people first emerged. To that extent it is a contagion which at best is kept … Continue reading The Difficulty With Anti-Semitism!
Census And Common Sense
With great fanfare, we now know what was in the 1926 Census but, like many censuses, we don’t know what’s not in it! That is a known unknown, and of course that will always be so, but it’s useful to realise that it is not the full picture. All censuses take place in a political … Continue reading Census And Common Sense
On Jewishness And Anti-Semitism In The Soviet Union And Today
In June’s Irish Political Review Brendan Clifford wrote of ‘The Phenomenon Of Anti-Semitism!’ He observed that the— “Jewish mode of national existence was viable when there was a world order consisting of Empires. In 1917/18 most of the Empires fell. They were not overthrown by nationalist revolutions. It was only in Ireland that there was a nationalist revolution against Empire. Britain destroyed its … Continue reading On Jewishness And Anti-Semitism In The Soviet Union And Today
The Journalistic Standards Of The Irish Times
The Irish Times revealed in a report by Colin Keena something that was obvious to anyone who has followed the endless deliberations of the Moriarty Tribunal [October 1997 to March 2011]—that the Tribunal's star witness, Kevin Phelan, was not only a convicted fraudster, but also a blackmailer. Keena's report (The Irish Times, 15.6.27) describes a meeting … Continue reading The Journalistic Standards Of The Irish Times
Concerning the Black Diaries
The book, “Anatomy of Lie – Decoding Casement” by Paul R. Hyde published in 2019 creates a new paradigm for assessing the infamous case of the alleged Black Diaries of Roger Casement; it establishes the case that there is no verifiable evidence that these diaries existed in 1916 before Casement’s execution. Hyde makes a convincing … Continue reading Concerning the Black Diaries
Lest We Forget: Yaqeen Hammad: Gaza Child Influencer Killed By Israel
Yaqeen Hammad: Born 2013; Died 23 May 2025 (aged 11) at Deir al-Balah Cause of death: Israeli airstrike Known for: Social media influencer Yaqeen Hammad (2013 – 23 May 2025) was a Palestinian social media influencer who was known for sharing humanitarian updates during the Gaza war. She was killed at the … Continue reading Lest We Forget: Yaqeen Hammad: Gaza Child Influencer Killed By Israel
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of A Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising. Mss notes, Part 29 The Hunger Strike And Its Aftermath The Hunger Strike—which lasted from 5th to 14th April—proceeded in tandem with the MacCurtain inquest. While [Frank] Gallagher wrote encouraging letters to his fiancée, … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
