Jenni Collins
@jennicollins.bsky.social
DPhil English Local History student at Oxford, researching interwar council housing. I also play bass very badly and love Manic Street Preachers
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The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Report on Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum
www.history.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Why isn't housing classed as critical infrastructure?! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Treat social housing as critical infrastructure to unlock billions, says Peabody boss
Exclusive: Giving social housing same status as roads and energy would mean more investment in sector major providers say is at breaking point
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Why isn't housing classed as critical infrastructure?! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“In fact, perhaps the ultimate achievement of this record is that despite the suffocating darkness, it rocks like an absolute bastard.” #manics
Why 'The Holy Bible' by Manic Street Preachers is perfect
A look into why 'The Holy Bible' by the Manic Street Preachers isn't just their best album, but a perfect album, and what makes it so.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“In fact, perhaps the ultimate achievement of this record is that despite the suffocating darkness, it rocks like an absolute bastard.” #manics
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April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I presented my research from my Masters dissertation last week! The Newbury District Field Club were very kind, and asked me lots of great questions about interwar council housing in Newbury. Onwards and upwards now as I expend the topic into my DPhil... #skystorians #interwar #20s30s #housing
March 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I presented my research from my Masters dissertation last week! The Newbury District Field Club were very kind, and asked me lots of great questions about interwar council housing in Newbury. Onwards and upwards now as I expend the topic into my DPhil... #skystorians #interwar #20s30s #housing
Really interesting piece - I had no idea about this change to policy, or the rush on Right To Buy right now. Some interesting comments too, about the security of buying their homes as people get older... but no doubt this will benefit private landlords more than anyone else...
Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff of 2024, a crisis hidden in plain sight | Aditya Chakrabortty
Her right to buy policy enriched the private sector at taxpayers’ expense. Last year, it sparked another gold rush – and looming calamity for local authorities, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabo...
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Really interesting piece - I had no idea about this change to policy, or the rush on Right To Buy right now. Some interesting comments too, about the security of buying their homes as people get older... but no doubt this will benefit private landlords more than anyone else...
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Top five grumpy notes written by the father of evolutionary biology, naturalist, and humanist Charles Darwin. #DarwinDay
February 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Top five grumpy notes written by the father of evolutionary biology, naturalist, and humanist Charles Darwin. #DarwinDay
I absolutely love this. What a great video too
January 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I absolutely love this. What a great video too
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Throughout 2024, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man. Here are the 80 women whose deaths have led to a man being charged. Let us say their names. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Throughout the year the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Throughout 2024, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man. Here are the 80 women whose deaths have led to a man being charged. Let us say their names. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Literature review time… and yes I did hurt my neck lugging half of these back from the library! Any more recommendations on #interwar reading always welcomed #skystorians #20s30s
December 13, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Literature review time… and yes I did hurt my neck lugging half of these back from the library! Any more recommendations on #interwar reading always welcomed #skystorians #20s30s
This is lovely (and educational)- Oxford's Department for Continuing Education's festive countdown calendar! Today I learnt about deep (really deep) sea animals 🤓🐙
Festive Countdown Calendar – December 2024
Our gift to you: each day during the month of December,
explore free, educational online resources - as recommended by staff
at Oxford Continuing Education
www.conted.ox.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This is lovely (and educational)- Oxford's Department for Continuing Education's festive countdown calendar! Today I learnt about deep (really deep) sea animals 🤓🐙
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For too long fossil fuel giants have had largely unlimited budgets to greenwash their dirty reputations - they’ve spent over £4 billion on sports partnerships alone .
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
lovera.ge
November 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
For too long fossil fuel giants have had largely unlimited budgets to greenwash their dirty reputations - they’ve spent over £4 billion on sports partnerships alone .
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
lovera.ge/ban-ffa
Lovely day in Oxford yesterday, being very productive (it helps to get out of the house - who knew?).
November 22, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Lovely day in Oxford yesterday, being very productive (it helps to get out of the house - who knew?).
So lovely to be on here, and joining up at pretty much the same time as starting my DPhil journey! Any tips on how to survive (especially part-time!) and any recommendations on interwar housing books and articles are gratefully received!
November 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
So lovely to be on here, and joining up at pretty much the same time as starting my DPhil journey! Any tips on how to survive (especially part-time!) and any recommendations on interwar housing books and articles are gratefully received!