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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Campaigning with @hackedOff & Tulisa for fair press regulation. In my case as author of the National Trust report, the press did not report the story but became a mouthpiece for the powerful

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Industry Empire & Slavery @ Birmingham Cathedral. Learning about new research into gun-makers etc & others commemorated on the church walls with indirect slavery links. Good to see the work being done here.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Love this image from yesterday's 1st Birmingham Council meeting. Green councillor, Hamzah Sheikh, hand-in-paw with a guide dog belonging to a Lib Dem councillor. A touching plea for connection & kindness: a timely reminder to unite around everything that inspires us, including our fellow creatures.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

New-ish film I participated in about colonial Yorkshire. See thread for link and password to see the film @themerl.bsky.social @handhyorkshire.bsky.social

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The only thing I'd say - policy makers - is why not distribute money to several towns instead of wasting money making it a competition? Have lower-key, simpler year-long events in *several* places. And ensure it's a nuanced history of each town that's told. This, for eg. In #BuryStEdmunds

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I'm speaking about some new projects and research findings this evening in Leicester at 7:30pm. www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk/events

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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 · 07/10/2025

@zackpolanski.bsky.social @ZackPolanski your message of hope is the way to go. Would be amazing if you could now visit #Handsworth to counter Jenerick's misrepresentation of our global society here in #Birmingham

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Do any #Arthur Wellesley #DukeofWellington expert/enthusiasts know where he writes about the 4 yr old Salabat Khan who he left money for after his troops defeated the boy's father Dhoondiah on 10 Sept 1800?

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Am particularly happy about this *11 October* Bham Lit Festival event featuring our new #ColonialCountryside project book (pub. by @peepaltreepress.bsky.social). It's the outcome of our work with the National Trust on its country houses' connections to empire ticketsource.co.uk/bhamlitfest/...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

On Monday, we report our findings on this major study of how racism is experienced in the countryside. Contact me for more info. le.ac.uk/hate-studies/r…

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Freelancers: in your experience what percentage of event organizers care about your convenience, comfort or wallet? (The latest suggested train time by a low-paying organization, hours after my speaking event ends, on a dark Autumn night).

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

2. As I show in my book, slavery profits are the missing piece in our so-called domestic story of enclosure and the loss of the commons.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

My final commute today. Took voluntary redundancy from the University of Leicester where I'll remain an Honorary Professor.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Was a pleasure to speak at your oxford launch @profdanhicks.bsky.social EVERY MONUMENT MUST FALL is an imp. new book which expands the definition of monuments & enlarges the discussion while remaining forensic

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

3 years ago today I was walking in the Lakes with Ingrid Pollard for my book of country walks through colonial Britain. This was the opium walk waterstones.com/book/our-islan…

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#Wordsworth's #RydalMount is well worth saving and is featured in my opium walk about William Wordsworth & his retirement plans in Our Island Stories: 10 Walks Through Rural Britain and its Hidden History of Empire penguin.co.uk/authors/289672… #R4PM

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

New paperback, out 1 May www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2896...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My paperback out 1 May. Heartfelt & compassionate walks through rural Britain and its hidden history of empire.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Anti-racist work in museums - case studies downloadable at the link below: gem.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Free tickets to hear @carolinelucas.bsky.social talk to me about her book *Another England* at Literary Leicester, 19 March. Going like HOT CAKES! www.tickettailor.com/events/liter...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

10th May: conversation & book signing with @simonlister.bsky.social @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social Will talk about my 10 country walks through Britain's hidden histories of empire, with book signing @borzoibookshop. Info and tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

12pm today I'll be talking about all aspects of my work in colonial history with Lynn Mareno ujimaradio.com/listen-again/

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Free Museum Studies Spring School (online): registration for the day (you can dip in and out of sessions) on the poster below. A forum for discussion rather than long speaker presentations.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Anyone else read Another England? Am half-way through. Sad to read it at the moment, what with Trump, X, Musk & big money gorging on our diminishing assets & options like fat caterpillars

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Great to see the US version of my @ScribnerBooks named as one of the best scholarly books of 2024

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Great to see my book named as one of the best scholarly books of 2024 @agentbal.bsky.social

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I do a lot of serious posts but everyone is tired so here's a dog I saw this week in Holland.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In 2001 I walked from #JohnOGroats to Landsend with my friend Sally. 23 years later walking is still a big pleasure. www.penguin.co.uk/books/448060...

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

1. Thread: Nottingham university slavery report. Times article below demonstrates why we have impoverished debates about UK slavery history. Like the coverage of the @nationaltrust report, this article actively discourages serious engagement with research findings.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here at the @kendalmountain festival speaking in the malt room at 11.15am & especially happy to have @midhal Mohammed Dharlech as chair

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

4. This department works with local communities to share knowledge & work together on the interpretation process. These spoons are for measuring gold dust.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

3. This copper Forowa is made of imported copper sheets. Can't help thinking that it could have been from Cornwall

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

2. Restitution of objects is about repair, about understanding context, rethinking assumptions about who knows and how to interpret objects. It's about who produces knowledge and to what effect.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

1. Department of Archaeology, Accra, Ghana. So impressed by their small museum, also a forum. Shows what can be achieved with a small collection thanks to one donation of objects. So many more objects lie in storage in Epn museums & needs placing in these knowledgeable hands.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Good to see so many schoolchildren at this museum/memorial to Nkrumah in Ghana. Very knowledgeable guides here who talk about the man, the myths, his writings & what's missing from school history lessons. Recommend it.

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