Retired Professor of Inclusion and Diversity in Education. Taught in a comprehensive school, special school, PRU, FE college and several universities.

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Joined September 2019
Prof. David Kitchener retweeted
"The most subversive thing is to read.” @sferg100 sees Percival Everett at a Manchester Literature Festival event at Central Library. northernsoul.me.uk/percival-… #reading @McrLitFest #library
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Down the rabbit hole of al fresco dining madness! Alice's outdoor tea party, a kaleidoscope of chaos. Laughter morphs into maniacal cries. Alice is not impressed. #EatOutsideDay #RalphSteadman #AliceInWonderland
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Whilst the WM government are busy 'stopping the boats' and preparing to house refugees in a floating prison / deport to Rwanda, we gave a platform to an Afghan refugee who thanked Scotland for the hospitality and told us how proud he was to be a Afghan-Scot #refugeeeswelcome
Breaking: A three-storey barge, which will be used to house migrants has arrived in Falmouth for repairs and renovations. It is expected to be ready to house 500 people by mid-June.
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And here’s what my (uncredited) illustration of M R James’ View from a Hill should look like. Happy for people to repost my work but please, @HackneyBooks always credit the artist and also don’t interfere with the illustration.
Now On Hackney Books - View From A Hill by M.R. James Dead Man's Eyes hackneybooks.co.uk All Free All The Time #HackneyBooks #Horror #ViewFromAHill #MRJames Coming Next Week: #GeorgeEliot #ChristopherCaudwell #RayBradbury
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Remembering Big Mama Thornton, born on this day in 1926 in Ariton, Alabama. Here she is performing "Hound Dog" in 1965 with Buddy Guy, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Lee Robinson, and Fred Below.
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So Rishi Sunak (family fortune £730 million) uses a private London GP practice that offers: 💰 Same-day appts £250 💰 Home visits £400-£500 💰 Private prescriptions £80 No wonder he's happy to run the NHS into the ground with real-terms funding cuts 😔 theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Remembering Son House, gone 34 years today. Here he is performing “Death Letter Blues” in 1967.
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Happy birthday Henri Cartier-Bresson! Born on this day 1908 #HenriCartierBresson
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There are two rules in life: 1) Never give out all the information.
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Girl and Milk Bottles, Princedale Rd, (London?) 1957 by Roger Mayne (1929 - 2014)
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Ken Loach on Keir Starmer
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SOLEMN (Palindrome) I sat, solemn. I saw time open one poem. It was in me, lost as I.
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Angel Meadow, Manchester 1890. A young barefooted child carrying a quart of ale from the local pub.
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Cornwall in 1916
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RIP #barrycryer most beloved of all comedians, He knew more jokes than everyone else in the world put together and was endlessly empathetic. What a life what a man
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Street scenes from Killarney in Ireland 1929.
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Replying to @KitchenerDavid
You're very welcome. Thanks for getting back. Checking my "tweet activity" for that tweet theres 39 other people who read that about Robens, so I'd be grateful if could go back and RT it as it's obvious there's a lot of others in the dark. Thanks a lot. 🙋‍♂️
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Prof. David Kitchener retweeted
Please RT this tweet if you should be doing something other than RTing this tweet – at Wandsworth, London
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#OnThisDay 1977: Thanks for the Memory - The Viewer's View asked people what they thought about television. This woman was likely approached for a snappy vox pop, but ended up delivering something closer to a dramatic monologue.
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