Catherine Roberts
@alwaystotheside.bsky.social
I like ponies🐎, books📚, archaeology🏺. Mediocre rider, unfocused reader and currently studying for MA Archaeology at University of Reading (p/t mature).
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Also @adventuresintheoutback on Insta and @woman_much_missed on Insta(Bookstagram)
Not on X. No.
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Also @adventuresintheoutback on Insta and @woman_much_missed on Insta(Bookstagram)
Not on X. No.
Result! Marmalade Day without tears, curses, or watching a rolling boil into the small hours while praying for a 'set' 🤣🍋
February 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Result! Marmalade Day without tears, curses, or watching a rolling boil into the small hours while praying for a 'set' 🤣🍋
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I really hate the met offices new look. I keep switching it back to the old style but it does not remember. Why do websites keep changing something that worked just fine as it was.
February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I really hate the met offices new look. I keep switching it back to the old style but it does not remember. Why do websites keep changing something that worked just fine as it was.
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Can we please stop calling things a tragedy when we really mean atrocity? Yours in Classics …
(FWIW, I think calling these events atrocities actually articulates that there is a crime being committed. By which I mean murder or mass murder.)
(FWIW, I think calling these events atrocities actually articulates that there is a crime being committed. By which I mean murder or mass murder.)
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Can we please stop calling things a tragedy when we really mean atrocity? Yours in Classics …
(FWIW, I think calling these events atrocities actually articulates that there is a crime being committed. By which I mean murder or mass murder.)
(FWIW, I think calling these events atrocities actually articulates that there is a crime being committed. By which I mean murder or mass murder.)
Tiny little Stonehenge @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Tiny little Stonehenge @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
That's Woodhenge over there, in the rain... #lunchbreak #archaeology
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
That's Woodhenge over there, in the rain... #lunchbreak #archaeology
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Well let's pull on the pants of positivity, the corset of courage or the g-string of barely giving a fuck and face today.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Well let's pull on the pants of positivity, the corset of courage or the g-string of barely giving a fuck and face today.
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Severe vitamin D
deficiency linked
to increased risk
of bronchitis and pneumonia
Researchers have found that individuals with severe vitamin D deficiency were 33% more likely to be admitted to hospital with respiratory tract infections than those with sufficient levels.
🔗 https://rdg.ac/3Nu90yR
deficiency linked
to increased risk
of bronchitis and pneumonia
Researchers have found that individuals with severe vitamin D deficiency were 33% more likely to be admitted to hospital with respiratory tract infections than those with sufficient levels.
🔗 https://rdg.ac/3Nu90yR
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Severe vitamin D
deficiency linked
to increased risk
of bronchitis and pneumonia
Researchers have found that individuals with severe vitamin D deficiency were 33% more likely to be admitted to hospital with respiratory tract infections than those with sufficient levels.
🔗 https://rdg.ac/3Nu90yR
deficiency linked
to increased risk
of bronchitis and pneumonia
Researchers have found that individuals with severe vitamin D deficiency were 33% more likely to be admitted to hospital with respiratory tract infections than those with sufficient levels.
🔗 https://rdg.ac/3Nu90yR
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Reposted by Catherine Roberts
Been trying this thing where if I can't tell a headline is real or satire, I take a quick walk, and if I still can't tell, I go take a nap, so I'm still confused about everything everywhere but at least I'm rested and have gotten some light exercise.
January 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Been trying this thing where if I can't tell a headline is real or satire, I take a quick walk, and if I still can't tell, I go take a nap, so I'm still confused about everything everywhere but at least I'm rested and have gotten some light exercise.
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A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
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New year, new job? 💫
If you've ever fancied making an impact at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now’s your chance! We have a range of exciting opportunities on the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank websites: https://ow.ly/3aJu50XVpK4
#Hiring #JodrellBank
If you've ever fancied making an impact at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now’s your chance! We have a range of exciting opportunities on the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank websites: https://ow.ly/3aJu50XVpK4
#Hiring #JodrellBank
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
New year, new job? 💫
If you've ever fancied making an impact at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now’s your chance! We have a range of exciting opportunities on the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank websites: https://ow.ly/3aJu50XVpK4
#Hiring #JodrellBank
If you've ever fancied making an impact at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now’s your chance! We have a range of exciting opportunities on the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank websites: https://ow.ly/3aJu50XVpK4
#Hiring #JodrellBank
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Let me tell you: some of our countries aren’t where we left them.
Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST
#smallpoemsunday
Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST
#smallpoemsunday
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Let me tell you: some of our countries aren’t where we left them.
Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST
#smallpoemsunday
Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST
#smallpoemsunday
Can anyone help with a copy of TVAS Monograph 19, North Bersted warrior? There's a partially version on Researchgate but not the pages I want to read. Don't really want to pay £23 and wait 5+ days to find out there's nothing relevant to my topic in there 😒
#archaeology #westsussex #northbersted
#archaeology #westsussex #northbersted
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Can anyone help with a copy of TVAS Monograph 19, North Bersted warrior? There's a partially version on Researchgate but not the pages I want to read. Don't really want to pay £23 and wait 5+ days to find out there's nothing relevant to my topic in there 😒
#archaeology #westsussex #northbersted
#archaeology #westsussex #northbersted
Xtreem-ly cold off-road bicycle adventure yesterday afternoon to a couple of local Bronze Age barrows.
I'd planned this for New Year's Eve but wasn't well enough.
It was a glorious ride but freezing and I traded actual sunset for getting back before dark and frozen tracks.
I'd planned this for New Year's Eve but wasn't well enough.
It was a glorious ride but freezing and I traded actual sunset for getting back before dark and frozen tracks.
January 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Xtreem-ly cold off-road bicycle adventure yesterday afternoon to a couple of local Bronze Age barrows.
I'd planned this for New Year's Eve but wasn't well enough.
It was a glorious ride but freezing and I traded actual sunset for getting back before dark and frozen tracks.
I'd planned this for New Year's Eve but wasn't well enough.
It was a glorious ride but freezing and I traded actual sunset for getting back before dark and frozen tracks.
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I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
11:44 Something strange is going on: dogs have been barking intermittently up and down the village for the last couple of hours, and now I've just heard a corvid outburst. Perhaps the Wild Hunt is abroad?
I want to go to sleep!
I want to go to sleep!
December 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
11:44 Something strange is going on: dogs have been barking intermittently up and down the village for the last couple of hours, and now I've just heard a corvid outburst. Perhaps the Wild Hunt is abroad?
I want to go to sleep!
I want to go to sleep!
On this last day of 2025 I have mostly been feeling poorly. It will pass.
Resolutions for 2026: be appreciative of the amazing things which can happen if you are open to opportunity; be kind, including to yourself; start work on assessments sooner 🤷♀️🥂🎆
Resolutions for 2026: be appreciative of the amazing things which can happen if you are open to opportunity; be kind, including to yourself; start work on assessments sooner 🤷♀️🥂🎆
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
On this last day of 2025 I have mostly been feeling poorly. It will pass.
Resolutions for 2026: be appreciative of the amazing things which can happen if you are open to opportunity; be kind, including to yourself; start work on assessments sooner 🤷♀️🥂🎆
Resolutions for 2026: be appreciative of the amazing things which can happen if you are open to opportunity; be kind, including to yourself; start work on assessments sooner 🤷♀️🥂🎆
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Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Got my tickets for New Years Eve. It’s going to be a fun night!
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28 January 1896. Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, became the first person in the UK to be convicted of speeding. He was doing 8 MPH, which was over the 2 MPH speed limit. He was fined 1 shilling plus costs. He had been caught by a policeman who had given chase on a bicycle.
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
28 January 1896. Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, became the first person in the UK to be convicted of speeding. He was doing 8 MPH, which was over the 2 MPH speed limit. He was fined 1 shilling plus costs. He had been caught by a policeman who had given chase on a bicycle.
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Welsh artist Gwen John, Cat study, c.1904 #WomensArt
December 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Welsh artist Gwen John, Cat study, c.1904 #WomensArt
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Every year, about this time, somewhere deep in the Perigord, it happens. Magdalenian spirit-reindeer awake from their deep, cavern-dark slumber, and take flight.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Every year, about this time, somewhere deep in the Perigord, it happens. Magdalenian spirit-reindeer awake from their deep, cavern-dark slumber, and take flight.
🦣🦌🎄
🦣🦌🎄
Melanistic solstice Mallard. Beware the Black Duck...
December 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Melanistic solstice Mallard. Beware the Black Duck...