# Rory Carroll
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rory carroll (born 1972) is an Irish journalist working for The Guardian who has reported from, among other locations, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Latin America and Los Angeles. He is currently working as the Ireland correspondent for The Guardian. His book on Hugo Chávez, Comandante, was published in March 2013.
23. Killing Thatcher with Rory Carroll
At 2.52am on 12 October 1984 Margaret Thatcher returned to her desk from visiting the lavatory of her suite at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Two minutes later a bomb exploded on the upper floor bringing down the large chimney, which collapsed through the hotel and destroying Mrs. Thatcher’s bathroom…
Thatcher, the IRA, and the bomb that changed history
In the autumn of 1984, the Provisional IRA almost wiped out the British Cabinet. Five people were killed in the Grand Hotel bombing. As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll joins Gavin Esler to revisit the event that – had …
Hollywood Tragedy: "The Conqueror"
In 1954, hundreds of cast and crew members traveled to the deserts of southern Utah to make what was supposed to be Hollywood's next epic adventure movie: The Conqueror. The film starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan and was backed by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. What was meant to become the n…
The Happiest Car On The Internet
Georgia talks with automotive journalist Rory Carroll about the memetic rise of the Renault Twingo, its debut on the racing game Gran Turismo, and what the popularity of this dorky car says about online car culture.
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Rory Carroll and his new book on Roger Casement
The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent and acclaimed author of ‘killing thatcher’, Rory Carroll who brings us his new book, ‘a rebel and a traitor, a fugitive, the manhunt and the birth of the IRA’, which tells the true story of Britain’s manhunt for Roger casement.
A Rebel, a Traitor, and the Birth of the IRA | Rory Carroll
Before Bletchley Park, there was Reginald "Blinker" Hall, the Admiralty’s mercurial intelligence chief whose codebreakers read Germany’s wireless traffic during World War I, giving Britain a front-row seat to the plot behind the 1916 Easter Rising. His target was Sir Roger Casement: a diplomat knig…
A Rebel and a Traitor with author Rory Carroll: Episode 317
This week on History Happy Hour: Roger Casement was a British diplomat knighted by the crown – who turned into a rebel. His advocacy for Irish independence led him renounce his titles and make a deal with the Germans in the days leading up to the 1916 Easter Uprising. And that led him to become a t…
Reminiscing About Some of My Favorite 2023 Episodes
In this episode, I reminisce about some of my favorite episodes of 2023:
Amanda Peters about The Berry Pickers
Hugh Howey about Wool
Alice Hoffman about The Invisible Hour
Pip Williams about The Bookbinder
Bruce Borgos about The Bitter Past
Elizabeth Passarella about It Was an Ugly…
Interview with Rory Carroll - THERE WILL BE FIRE
In this interview, Rory and I discuss There Will Be Fire, creating a roadmap regarding the history of the British/Irish conflict, how religion is really a social and political signifier in the conflict, writing true crime, how security changed in the United Kingdom after Brighton, and much more.
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