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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2h

I believe there are still some tickets for this talk I am giving @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social on the colonial history of the countryside this Wednesday #StAlbans @stalbansgreens.bsky.social @stalbanscouncil.bsky.social
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/hidden-history-countryside

Hidden History of the Countryside

The countryside is almost sacred to many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, ...

www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2h

I believe there are still some tickets for this talk I am giving @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social on the colonial history of the countryside this Wednesday #StAlbans @stalbansgreens.bsky.social @stalbanscouncil.bsky.social
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/hidden-history-countryside

Hidden History of the Countryside

The countryside is almost sacred to many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, ...

www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 6h

Er me!!!! Massive and sustained media abuse over 2 different projects I did

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 23h

Backstage shot of our wonderful panel Birmingham Lit Fest yesterday- a really thought provoking discussion with Casey Bailey @corinnefowler.bsky.social & Malachi McIntosh on the theme of Colonial Countryside - how do we tell colonial stories in the houses that are scattered across the country?

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 6h

Birmingham against racism campaign

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Birmingham unites against the far right and racism.
Brum Greens joins them to say: no place for hate here.
#BrumUnited #NoPlaceForHate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

substack.com/@profcorinne...

Handsworth

MP Robert Jenrick on "integration" in Handsworth, Birmingham

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

1 of 2. My take on news items this week. 1. Reparations 2. Jenrick
open.substack.com/pub/profcori...

Reparations debate

The latest news stories: Lenny Henry

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

2. Reparations
open.substack.com/pub/profcori...

Reparations debate

The latest news stories: Lenny Henry

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

1. My take on this week's news. 1. JENRICK open.substack.com/pub/profcori...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

A chapter of my book deals with this, on enclosure and how it was often funded by slavery wealth. I give a good example in Norfolk. That oppressive history is entwined with the slavery history www.penguin.co.uk/books/448060...

Our Island Stories

The countryside is almost sacred to many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, ...

www.penguin.co.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

You were brilliant & you got the most claps. Would be good to continue embracing a politics of hope & truth, as you've been doing. And, much needed & rarely seen, calm, unshouty political debate to inspire us all to rise above the toxicity. Enjoy my great, integrated city tomorrow!

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits

The comedian's new book supports the case for the UK to give £18 trillion in compensatory payments.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

My take on Robert Jenrick's comments on Handsworth
open.substack.com/pub/profcori...

Handsworth

MP Robert Jenrick on "integration" in Handsworth, Birmingham

open.substack.com

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

My take on the Lenny Henry reparations news item today
profcorinnefowler.substack.com/p/reparation...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

My take on Robert Jenrick's comments on Handsworth
open.substack.com/pub/profcori...

Handsworth

MP Robert Jenrick on "integration" in Handsworth, Birmingham

open.substack.com

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

My book Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain shows that Enclosure was often paid for with slavery wealth. The two histories are entangled.

Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 3d

Reparations for Enclosure Act 1773 victims too.

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

My take on the Lenny Henry reparations news item today
profcorinnefowler.substack.com/p/reparation...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

4. Tthe Windrush generation, descended from the enslaved, were denied credit or bank accounts when they arrived in the 1940s, and had to start up their own savings and credit system known as the Pardner Hand (still in operation today): www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats...

Pardner Hand: A Caribbean answer to British banking exclusion

An exhibition by Museumand, The National Caribbean Heritage Museum

www.bankofengland.co.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

3. Racism is a legacy of slavery. Reparation £ can be used to repair its harms & address its causes.//Meanwhile, the 1830s slavery compensation scheme loan was finally paid off in 2015, hence many Black Britons had to repay the loan used to compensate those who enslaved their ancestors.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

2. In the Caribbean, suggested forms of reparation aren't usually compensation paid to individuals, but returning land that was used for slavery plantations/addressing the diabetes crisis (an intergenerational legacy of enslaved people's diets)/ funding slavery research centres..

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 4d

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits

The comedian's new book supports the case for the UK to give £18 trillion in compensatory payments.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 5d

2. The current rhetoric of those who mobilise racism for political gain proposes that those who investigate colonial history and modern racism are the problem. Not racism itself.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 5d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 5d

3. Meanwhile Jenrick says he's concerned that "people are living parallel lives". Yet his home county identifies as 96.9% white and his constituency identifies as 98% white. The parallel universes in his own back yards speak volumes. Meanwhile, Handsworth is one of Britain's most diverse areas.

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