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Ian Kinchin

Ian Kinchin

@profiankinchin.bsky.social

540 followers 170 following 260 posts

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 · 7d

Judas tree buds already colouring up

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 8d

Fallen lichen on the woodland floor

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 12d

Cool evening light

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 12d

Bracket fungus growing on a fence post.

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 26d

A lone tree on a hill. Looks real moody in black and white

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 29d

Little fungi growing on a tree stump

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Dec 11

Still warm in December

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Dec 10

“old man’s beard” everywhere at the moment

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Dec 10

How to Mend a University

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

Reposted by Ian M. Kinchin

Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · Dec 5

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 · Dec 1

Surrey hills

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · Nov 27

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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