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Celia Kitzinger

@kitzingercelia.bsky.social

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Promoting #OpenJustice in the Court of Protection #NotSecretCourt Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me! .. more

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Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson are a British lesbian couple who unsuccessfully sued to have their relationship recognised as a marriage in England. Both are university professors--Kitzinger in psychology and Wilkinson in gender studies--and they have published four books together. .. more

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Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday's walk involved deer sightings and the eerie sound of the roaring of rutting stags - and also the summit of Angletarn Pike, our 112th (post-surgery) Wainwright

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Police spied on Stephen Lawrence's grieving family, inquiry told

The undercover policing inquiry heard the Met began surveillance of the Lawrences after their son's murder.

www.bbc.com

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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Inversion cloud layer between Skiddaw and Blencathra - video taken from the Skiddaw summit plateau at lunchtime today #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

30 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Today - back o'Skiddaw - was all about cloud inversions #LakeDistrict
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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Hoping for an inversion on Skiddaw this morning - but didn't quite happen ...
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Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 3d

Back o Blencathra with sun, swirling mist, and curlews

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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Some environmental good news for once:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

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Open Justice Court of Protection Project @openjusticecop.bsky.social · 4d

The second in our series of blogs about the upcoming Supreme Court hearing concerning DOLS and Northern Ireland.

"Cheshire West revisited"
By @thesmallplaces.bsky.social

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/c...

Cheshire West Revisited

By Lucy Series, 9th October 2025 Note: On 20th October 2025, the Supreme Court will be asked to re-visit the question of how to understand a deprivation of liberty. You can read about the backgroun…

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Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 5d

On October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-consider its judgment in a case commonly referred to as "Cheshire West".

In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...

Reconsidering Cheshire West in the Supreme Court: Is a gilded cage still a cage?

Even when P says they’re happy with their residence, and that they do not want to leave, and welcome the fact that the doors are kept locked, this still amounts to a deprivation of liberty. I…

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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 6d

Out with the Roamers today, to see/hear the red deer rut in Martindale.
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!

Small herd of red deer hinds on a hillside

Stag herding hinds across a hillside (red deer)

Stag and hinds on a rocky hillside (red deer)

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