Colonial Countryside

Child-led history and writing project @nationaltrust funded by @ace_national & @hlf
led by Prof @corinne_fowler @uniofleicester

[Colonial Countryside @ColonialCountr1]

Out now. Our anthology of commissioned creative writing & short historical commentaries from the #ColonialCountryside project about @nationaltrust houses published by @peepaltreepress. With a photo essay by Ingrid Pollard

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

How empire ruptured rural Britain, my article in @BBCHistoryMag

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Nice long review of my book
https://t.co/NoIp28CGdZ

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

For anyone who prefers a calmer social media space this year, consider joining Bluesky. Functionality similar to Twitter. I'm also there as @corinnefowler

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Was interviewed for this programme which aired today
https://t.co/hujbZJxLFz

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

And my book complements @sathnam's important offering! I look at rural Britain's East India Company and slavery landscapes in my book of country walks.
https://t.co/8NKXmnbY80

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

In 2001 I walked from #JohnOGroats to Landsend with my friend Sally. 23 years later walking is still a big pleasure. https://t.co/dPrXMQQg86

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

1. Thread: Nottingham university slavery report. Times article below demonstrates why we have impoverished debates about UK slavery history. Like the coverage of the @nationaltrust report, this article actively discourages serious engagement with research findings.

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Saturday listening? Countryfile Plodcast with Fergus Collins. Quite a philosophical conversation while walking along the greenways of Birmingham, my home city. These lovely leafy places are our well-kept secrets
https://t.co/KZ3Vbcq6kY

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Consider also coming onto Bluesky. It's a friendly and constructive space which works and feels like Twitter - I'm also there as @corinnefowler

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Having just returned from Ghana, where I met erudite & innovative archaeologists, curators & historians, I find the UK's preoccupation with guilt & shame about colonial history a) facile, insular & unsophisticated b) obstructive of actually focusing on the historical detail

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Am also posting on #Bluesky as @corinnefowler so do follow me there if you're transitioning off "X

[Raj Pal. Free Palestine @RajwinderSPal]

⁦@corinne_fowler⁩ in full flow on her book Colonial country walks in the beautiful setting of @AllSaintsKH. Introduced as “coming to Kings Heath” she in fact lives so close to the church she could’ve hopped, skipped & jumped here. Gerard event. ⁦@ColonialCountr1⁩

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Am also posting on #Bluesky as @corinnefowler so do follow me there if you're transitioning off "X"

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Very helpful post. Am also posting on #Bluesky as @corinnefowler so do follow me there if you're transitioning off "X" or are using more than one platform

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

This detailed report moves beyond our old slavery ports to show how provincial England & red brick universities connect to the transatlantic slavery economy. In #Nottingham, cotton, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, banking & slavery networks= key to this story
https://t.co/WMcjiMsXJa

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

It's not all about "us". Never was. Never will be. Those most intimately caught up in Britain's colonial story were the colonized. Their voices, & those of their descendants give alternative perspectives on empire. Something historians have said for decades.

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Hilary Beckles (decades' long research on Barbados & transatlantic slavery = world renowned) vs a researcher on...Gulags. Hmmmm... now which one might be a genuine authority on this topic? Beckles is influential so he's targeted with pseudo-tables & claims that any expert knows are wrong-headed

[Jane Fleming @fleming77]

colonial countryside National Trust

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

1 of 5. Reflections on the reparations conversation:
STARMER saying no apology, no reparations: he needs to read the room in Samoa BUT he is speaking to his own electorate which has not yet heard a detailed case for reparations
https://t.co/LaC5t20vK5

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Brilliant to see #Diwali being celebrated @KedlestonNT Hall, beautifully done thanks to the fantastic Simran Sandhu, Senior Programming & Partnerships Officer @nationaltrust. On till *10 November* @CeliaRichards0n