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Eleanor Robson

@eleanorrobson.bsky.social

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Social Media Manager and Volunteer Co-ordinator at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve; here for cats, crochet, jam and water buffaloes 😸🧶🐃

(Recovering academic and Emeritus Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at UCL, but none of that nonsense here) .. more

Eleanor Robson, is a British Assyriologist and academic. She is Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at University College London. She is a former chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq and a Quondam fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. .. more

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Sep 1

🥳 My first day as a USS pensioner!

💕Mighty thanks to all @ucu.org.uk and beyond for your collective action that made this self-liberation financially viable 💪

📚🏡🥰😸Now I can focus on what really matters to me… thinking of it as going freelance, leaving all the bullshit behind 🧶🪴🐃🛤️💐

I shall have lots more time for reading and writing whatever the heck I like, in my garden studio, sans REF

I shall up my commitment to the wonderful people at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve and the best water buffaloes this side of the Iraqi marshes 🐃

More time with the people I love, at home and away

More time in the garden with this daft beast, making jam and doing crochet

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 3d

👟 Still looking for the perfect gift for an outdoorsy loved one? Or want to treat yourself to a New Year boost?

Grab a ticket to the Resolution 5km Mud Run on 11 Jan for just £12 at www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m...

Full price from Boxing Day £15

Walk, jog, run - the choice is yours 😎🚶‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏞️

Resolution 5km Mud Run, Sunday 11th January, 11am. Walk, Jog, Run - the choice is yours. Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Early Bird Price ends this Thursday.

Background image: three runners moving left to right across a fenland landscape against a yellow sky

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 7d

🎁What would YOU like for Christmas?

🏞️ Fresh air and big skies
🥾 Time to lose yourself in nature, alone or with loved ones
🧑‍🍳 Delicious home-cooked food and no washing-up

✅ We've got you covered!

The Reserve's open every day, @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social 10-4:30 this weekend and the dates below

The Kingfisher Cafe Christmas and New Year Opening: Boxing Day, Saturday 27 December, Sunday 28 December, New Years Day — all 10-4:30. With all your usual favourites plus seasonal treats

A water buffalo stands in the middle of the east meadow at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, in front of the treeline. Blue skies above

The tips of silver birch trees at Kngfishers Bridge Nature Reserve. Blue skies above

The open hatch of the Kingfisher Cafe at Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve, with home-made cakes in the foreground, and the coffee machine and drinks fridge behind.

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 8d

Such a wonderfully loving and evocative tribute! How lucky you were to have had a Dad like that and what a big, aching hole he must leave behind for all of you. Thank you for sharing and inspiring

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 8d

🔔 Just over a week left to get your Early Bird discount — prices go up on 26 December and tickets are selling fast!

🚶🐴🐃 🏃‍♂️So walk, trot, canter or gallop to www.kingfishersbridge.org/resolution-m... now and book your place on our inaugural Resolution 5km Mud Run on 11 January 👟

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 9d

A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).

17th century engraving of a capybara under a palm tree eating a banana

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[To] The Fenland Station @fenlandstation.bsky.social · 9d

Spacemog with laser eyes set to "festive"

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 13d

If you'd like a closer experience to the MS suite than the (excellent) Mac defaults, I'd strongly recommend LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social , which is (a) open-source and free (though you can donate); (b) entirely AI-free. Loved it for years!

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 14d

It's beginning to look a lot like Wetlands 💦

😎 The past few rainy weeks have helped to fill our water meadows – but it's set to be SUNNY this weekend!

🥾 So take a break from the pre-Christmas hullabaloo and unwind here with a walk, a cuppa & a mince pice from @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 19d

🏃The Resolution Mud Run will be the very first running event held on our Reserve—so come and help us make history! It's the perfect way to welcome the New Year and keep your health and wellbeing resolutions going, whatever the weather.
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Resolution 5km Mud Run, Sunday 11th January, 11am. Early Bird Price £12, full price £15. Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve.

Image shows three runners silhouetted against a fenland background and a yellow sky, moving left to right.

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Dr Laura @laurasocres.bsky.social · 19d

I'm standing #TogetherWithRefugees. Are you?

Orange poster that says "We stand together with refugees" in white writing.

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 22d

Status report: basket case

#eliza

A grey cat peeks over the rim of a basket in a basket, waking from a day long nap

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 23d

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 23d

I’m not! You so thoroughly deserve all this, and more xxx

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 23d

And now this! 💕

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

The best science and nature books of 2025

From the threat of superintelligent AI to the dangers of overdiagnosis; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick

www.theguardian.com

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 23d

🎄See also:

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[To] The Fenland Station @fenlandstation.bsky.social · 23d

Ready!

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 26d

Four years ago today: the apex of my academic career 💕📺

#dianemorgan #philomenacunk #cunkonearth

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Katie Fuller @katiefullerart.bsky.social · 27d

I’ve finished my Fieldfare pochoir paintings and I have to say I’m really pleased with them! There are 8 paintings available and one is in someone’s Etsy basket already (!), so don’t miss out. katiefullerart.etsy.com/listing/4413...

Pochoir stencil painting of a Fieldfare in a hawthorn bush with golden leaves and red berries

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · 28d

We love the view from our new East Hide! 🌳🐃🦆🐴🌞

If you haven't tried it for yourself yet, pop over this weekend and stay for some lunch or* a cake at @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social — open 10-4.30 on Saturday and Sunday 🫖🍲🍰☕

*and

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly this, thanks to @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social 🦉🦆🐃🦢🥰

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 28d

"You seem happier"

Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 28d

"You seem happier"

Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Nov 22

🎵 Reach out, touch me…

My own, personal mogpuss 🎵

#Eliza #Caturday

Grey cat bridges the great divide between laps by means of her front paw

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · Nov 21

❄️ Frosty mornings are getting us into the Christmas mood!

🎅 Crafts with Father Christmas on weekend afternoons in December, for just £7.50/child, all inclusive (10% supporter discount)

🗓️ 6 & 7, 13 & 14 December, 2.30-4pm

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Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Nov 20

relatable!😽

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · Nov 15

😍 Our new East Hide opened this week!

A short, flat walk from the car park and with floor-to-ceiling windows, it's our most accessible hide yet.

It's the perfect vantage point for winter wildlife-watching in the wader meadows, from Konik ponies and water buffalo to lapwing, linnets and harriers 🦅

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The Kingfisher Cafe @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social · Nov 14

🤔If only we could attach aromas here...

👩‍🍳 The most AMAZING smells are filling the kitchen as chef Zoe (of the stripy trousers) whips up some NEW RECIPE vegan apple, cinnamon and walnut cake.

🥣 There'll be curried sweet potato and lentil SOUP (also vegan) on the menu this weekend too. Can't wait!

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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · Nov 13

Show you stand together with refugees.

From the 5-7 Dec we’re asking you to put up a poster to show you stand for hope not hostility.

Let's fill our communities with this message of unity.

Order your posters now actionnetwork.org/forms/order-...

Eleanor Robson @eleanorrobson.bsky.social · Nov 8

No box too small #Eliza #Caturday

Grey cat standing forlornly in a shoe box

Grey cat failing to sit down in a small shoe box

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Nov 6

I mean, look at that cream, look at that custard

Detail from Pie Rows, 1962

A close-up of the painting showing the luscious thick paint which dissolves into abstract forms while also looking exactly like thick layers of cream and custard.

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Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social · Nov 4

🍂 There's so much to do on the Reserve as autumn sets in!

1️⃣ Want to learn about seasonal change on the Reserve?

🥾Join our family-friendly, accessible Guided Walk at 2pm on Sunday 9 November. Last week's was wonderful!

🎟️ £10/£5 at
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