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Ian Kinchin
@profiankinchin.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor of Higher Education

Interested in: Education, Photography, Nature, Springsteen, Tardigrades, Model Railways, Microscopy, Gardening, Football, Acrylic pouring and Politics.

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Apr 25
Just a quick reminder, if you were intending to read this but haven't got around to it yet

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 10d
A lone tree on a hill. Looks real moody in black and white

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 13d
Little fungi growing on a tree stump

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 15d
Still warm in December

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 16d
“old man’s beard” everywhere at the moment

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 16d
How to Mend a University

Now in paperback. All the fun of the hardback edition at half the price 😊

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 21d
How to be a lichen – adaptive strategies from Earth's tiny titans of resilience www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...
How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity
When I was a child, little delighted me more than the magical green garlands draping from the pine trees, which I made into wreaths and mustaches to roam the mountains of Bulgaria as a miniature Or…
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 25d
Surrey hills

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 29d
That’s a big fungus !

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 26
Blue skies today.

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 25
Guildford high street today in the cold sunshine

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 21
Long shadows.

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 20
It is getting cold !

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 15
Raindrops this morning

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 8
Fireworks night in Guildford

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 8
Fuschias still hanging on in the absence of any frost so far

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 6
Chrysanthemum of the day

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 1
Autumn sunshine

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 31
Chrysanthemum of the day

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 30
Chrysanthemums emerging to provide some autumn colour

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 30
Sunrise through the bathroom window

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 29
Woking - looking north to London (just visible on the skyline)

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 28
St Paul’s from Waterloo bridge

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 28
London looking cool tonight

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 26
All go at London Road station last night

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 25
A little family of mushrooms

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 24
Some nice little fungi on a rotting log

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 22
The fuchsias refusing to accept that it’s autumn

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Charlie Masquelier @charlesmasquelier.bsky.social · Oct 21
I'm struggling to find anything inspiring about this vision of HE, where universities are turned into mere training centres. It totally fails to understand that they're essential for democracy and the White Paper risks undermining this crucial role. Post-16 white paper: share.google/iJelQxcEOt22...
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 16
Was watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly last night. The best climax to any film ever. Accompanied by the best film score ever written. A masterpiece.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Final Duel (1966 HD)
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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Oct 15
Some true classic albums that were released in 1975

And then it hits me. That’s 50 years ago!

Dang!

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