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I'm reading immigrant histories at the moment. This is next. “Comrade Sak” which explores “how Shapurji Saklatvala negotiated the roles of Indian anti-imperialist, Indian British MP and communist”. It touches on his support for the Irish anti-colonial struggle too.
We’ve had a few stories at the newspaper that fit, broadly, into a “histories of immigration” category.
I love this one from @conalthomas about Samuel Stavenhagen, a Jewish shopkeeper from Germany who brought Christmas baubles to Dublin in the 19th century and is buried in Fairview. 
https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/12/13/the-christmas-merchant
https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/12/13/the-christmas-merchant
There’s this piece too about Shabham Vasisht’s research into why so many gravestones in Deansgrange mentioned battles in India, and the changing nature of some Irish involvement in the colonial administration there. https://www.dublininquirer.com/2020/03/18/in-deansgrange-cemetery-a-historian-excavates-the-stories-of-irishmen-who-served-the-raj
And this piece, too, about Elias Bouhéreau, a Huguenot refugee who was the first keeper of Marsh’s Library, and his diary which describes, in parts, the plight of refugees and asylum seekers at this time. https://www.dublininquirer.com/2016/05/25/at-marsh-s-library-insight-into-the-life-of-a-17th-century-refugee
I’ve been thinking that I’d like to do more of those kinds of stories too, histories of immigration and identity, once I’m back to work. Because immigration isn't new after all.
