Coming up on 13 November, our walk with Clare Balding for BBC R4 Ramblings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Coming up on 13 November, our walk with Clare Balding for BBC R4 Ramblings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Only in Birmingham New podcast trailer: traffic.libsyn.com/fdb71d28-cd0...

New this coming January, my #OnlyinBirmingham podcast on culture, history & society with Raj Pal. Trailer below:

Interview I did with Denise Headley on reparations & "integration" x.com/Denise__Head...

New this coming January, my #OnlyinBirmingham podcast on culture, history & society with Raj Pal. Trailer below:

Lovely to hear your words about my Ramblings episode with Clare Balding. Thanks also for support for my book! 🙏🏾😊

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We are pleased to say that @corinnefowler.bsky.social will now be chairing our forthcoming event with Dan Hicks on November 19th - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/dan-hicks/. Only a few tickets left.

As a colleague recently said, Birmingham has long been on the frontline of Fascism and racism. Enoch Powell's rivers of blood speech was made here, & before that, Oswald Mosley became MP (initially for Labour). Things will get worse & I'm glad this event is happening www.outsavvy.com/event/31225/...

Interview I did with Denise Headley on reparations & "integration" x.com/Denise__Head...

As a colleague recently said, Birmingham has long been on the frontline of Fascism and racism. Enoch Powell's rivers of blood speech was made here, & before that, Oswald Mosley became MP (initially for Labour). Things will get worse & I'm glad this event is happening www.outsavvy.com/event/31225/...

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The great Peter Kalu on racism in the countryside from his brilliant book #ActNormal. We were in #manchesterpoetrylibrary last night talking about our book Colonial Countryside youtu.be/5GSTKvlunUI?...

The great Peter Kalu on racism in the countryside from his brilliant book #ActNormal. We were in #manchesterpoetrylibrary last night talking about our book Colonial Countryside youtu.be/5GSTKvlunUI?...

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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

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

Tonight. Still tickets. Manchester poetry library. Starts 5.30, refreshments 5pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/renaissanc...

the big names, perhaps but a lot of people generated a lot of wealth, still visible in the landscape and infrastructure here, and I think still held in families firmly against looking too honestly at the past bsky.app/profile/cori...

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

Coming up. @peterkalu and myself in conversation with Melanie Abrahams of @renaissanceone in Manchester poetry library www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/renaissanc...

Coming up. @peterkalu and myself in conversation with Melanie Abrahams of @renaissanceone in Manchester poetry library www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/renaissanc...

My #substack responding to news items with a colonial history angle substack.com/@profcorinne...

My #substack responding to news items with a colonial history angle substack.com/@profcorinne...

Had a brilliant chat with @corinnefowler.bsky.social this morning to plan our SHP Understanding: UNEARTHED event on November 10 (5-6pm) on the SHP YouTube channel. Corinne will be sharing her deep knowledge about the colonial countryside and the legacy of empire on our gardens ...

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Think you know the British countryside? From Welsh sheep farms to Cornish copper mines, Professor Corinne Fowler uncovers the colonial roots behind our most picturesque landscapes in our latest talk. 📅 15 October, 7pm Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy

My talk here today at 7pm

“#TaxJustice is inseparable from the history of colonialism. Wealth taxes must act not only as economic tools, but as reparative justice, essential to decolonising the global economy & meeting historic responsibilities for the #ClimateCrisis.” Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, SAIFAC

The baby in the background of the Today programme this morning...the interviewee calm & capable. A reminder of what women juggle www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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

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

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?

Birmingham against racism campaign

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

It's Jenerick who isn't integrated. 96.9% of Hertfordshire (location of his family home) identify as white (far higher than the national average). Handsworth is one of the most mixed areas in the country