Debbie Parker Kinch
@debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social
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.
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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.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
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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
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There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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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.
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This campaign needs you now
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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.
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Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
www.change.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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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.
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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.
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"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-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"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-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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“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
#literature #writing
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“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
#literature #writing
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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.
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.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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.
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.
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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 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://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!
Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm.
PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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!
Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm.
PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!
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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...
‘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...
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
manchestermill.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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...
‘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...
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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.
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.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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.
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.
Vera; Or, The Nihilists • Jack Studio Theatre
16 - 27 September 2025
brockleyjack.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don’t know where to begin with this…
An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’
Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I don’t know where to begin with this…
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Looking forward to listening to this later today, by my talented colleague Ed Hogan. Everyone @ouliterature.bsky.social is rooting for Ed to win!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award, BBC National Short Story Award 2025, Little Green Man by Edward Hogan
Edward Hogan's tender story is in the running for the 20th BBC National Short Story Award.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Looking forward to listening to this later today, by my talented colleague Ed Hogan. Everyone @ouliterature.bsky.social is rooting for Ed to win!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I was proud to march in London today. #standuptoracism
September 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I was proud to march in London today. #standuptoracism
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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.
Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“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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Postgraduate student in book history or literary studies? Apply for a bursary to the Digital Scholarship Winter School. Learn concepts and methods for research on new sources and media technologies. Generously sponsored by @sharpnews.bsky.social digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/text-affects... 2/end
Text Affects at The Open University
Digital Humanities allows scholars to approach old problems with new means, or to ask new questions that could not have been asked with the traditional means of humanistic enquiry. Whatever the approa...
digital-humanities.open.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Postgraduate student in book history or literary studies? Apply for a bursary to the Digital Scholarship Winter School. Learn concepts and methods for research on new sources and media technologies. Generously sponsored by @sharpnews.bsky.social digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/text-affects... 2/end
Commemorating the centenary of the death of Bessie Parkes Belloc on 23 March 1925. A poet and journalist, she was a key figure in the mid-19C women’s rights movement in Britain as editor of the English Woman’s Journal. You can read my longer tribute to her at www.pascal-theatre.com/biographies/...
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Commemorating the centenary of the death of Bessie Parkes Belloc on 23 March 1925. A poet and journalist, she was a key figure in the mid-19C women’s rights movement in Britain as editor of the English Woman’s Journal. You can read my longer tribute to her at www.pascal-theatre.com/biographies/...