A Rebel and a Traitor by Rory Carroll review – the extraordinary story of #RogerCasement
A journalist tells the improbable tale of a British diplomat who worked to free Ireland – and paid the ultimate price

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/31/a-rebel-and-a-traitor-by-rory-carroll-review-the-extraordinary-story-of-roger-casement

See also Mario Vargas Llosa's fictionalised biography:
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2012/06/dream-of-celt.html

Hanged by a comma

https://tube.blueben.net/w/phi4c2HemWQjGGscDeMhRx

Playing for both teams: 6 LGBTQ+ spies from history

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-queer-spies-double-agents

The Easter Rising planned for 22 April 1916 (Easter Saturday) was postponed for two days. The capture of Roger Casement and the scuttling of the Aud which was transporting an estimated 20,000 rifles were some of the reasons for the delay.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #EasterRising #RogerCasement #OnThisDay

[01:01] Day Four: Five other things we learned from State Papers

There were only three "adequate" Belfast restaurants in 1998, an Apollo 11 lunar rock was destroyed in a fire and Britain's extraordinary lengths to destroy the reputation of Roger Casement are some of the other things we learned from the State Papers.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1230/1487401-state-papers-five-other-things/

#onlythree #Belfast #1998 #Apollo #Britain #RogerCasement #theStatePapers