Debbie Parker Kinch
Senior Lecturer in English and Staff Tutor @ The Open University. Interested in 19/20C writing by women and the history of feminism. Writing a biography of writer & feminist Bessie Parkes Belloc (1829-1925). Views my own.
- Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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- Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
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View full threadAnd saying students can complete their degrees at a campus 45 miles away - a 2 hr commute each way on public transport - completely ignores the reason why local campuses are vital for some students (eg disabled or with caring responsibilities). So callous.
- The whole thing is just so maddening.
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- I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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- People experiencing homelessness were given £2,000 with no conditions through the Personal Grants Project. Early findings show the money went on rent deposits, furniture, courses and childcare. We’re proud to be funding this UK-first trial with CHI. Read more: loom.ly/ufqFIqg
- “The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.” Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me. So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
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- British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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- Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety. Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
- Join us live at the IHR and online Free registration: tinyurl.com/24fgrxbe @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @sydradford.bsky.social @emiliastu.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
- The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk
- Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign. c.org/26qjPmffNy
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- Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
- "it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
- “A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person" (Alice Steinbach) Registration is now open for The Open University's Letters and Literature conference: full programme here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... #literature #writing
- Hey Keir Starmer, get the memo? We’ve delivered thousands of messages to Number 10 from our supporters, with the help of some digi-vans! People are fed up with politicians choosing failed policies and scapegoating over investing in all communities. Time for real change.
- Open Research Online (ORO) is OU’s free Open Access repository. Anyone can browse peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and more - even records where the full text isn’t available. OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb #OpenAccessWeek
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- Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy. Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm. PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!
- Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story ‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’ (This is a marvellous, luminous piece of writing) via @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
- 30 more women to tip this over 55k today? The calm, compassionate, inclusive feminists, who might not have seen the amazing support received for the trans community and the rejection of hate so far? Go on…
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- I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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- Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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- “We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division." Words that very much need to be said.
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- We've just created our first Starter Pack for staff at The Open University (UK)... join us! go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR #OUfamilyat://did:plc:ibnrtfnfu35fygb3zrugwcxn/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3law4svpgbb2m
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