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Bob Phillips
@drbobphillips.bsky.social
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Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis at University of York / Hull-York Medical School, and Consultant in Paediatric Oncology, and proud Dad of grownups 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him)
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What would you call the amazing bobbly bits of this hairstyle… poll in the comments to count via “likes”?
Cartoon face with hair drawn into buns on either side at the top of the head
August 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Are you a parent/carer of a young man who has had cancer?

We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.

Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Please share!
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Unicorns hand painted add to a collection of priceless items #paedsrocks
Shelf with a “book of poo” book, a Disney cruises mug, a pin badge with “It’s Prof actually” on it and a small pink painted watercolour of a smiling unicorn
July 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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The original version of van life.
Snail on a tarmac path. Looking supremely unconcerned by the world.
July 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Growth and development
Tomatoes turning green to red
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Canal side chill time
Swan gliding on a mirror bright canal, verdant verge in the foreground and leafy trees behind
May 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Excellent day at an open cast mine in Yorkshire
Hedge flowers in the foreground, cotton wool clouds in a bright blue sky, gently dipping grass covered ground beyond.
May 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Excellent day at Knaresborough pet fair with DogsTrust (and quite a lot of dogs)
Old and happy looking English bulldog with tiny purple shoes on
May 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Ladybug!

Now I’ve got your attention, if you’re someone who had cancer treatment when 13-25 and was offered the chance to store sperm, or health care professional who’s worked with that group, do you fancy taking part in an interview based study about a new information resource? Contact me!
Ladybug on a black hexagonal plastic surface
April 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Happy @masatojones.bsky.social Day
Older white cis man in a deep green bucket hat and a yellow t shirt with turtle print from Masato Jones (Leeds) Blasted and twisted tree, the pitted white groaning in the greenery Stunning purple and yellow mixed shade tulips against a stone wall A toy woodpecker facing out from a large tree trunk
April 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Sunlight (inspired by @hmileeds.bsky.social latest)
Dried flower head with scant seed cases reflecting light with a gold tint. Behind the skeletal flower casts a shadow with different depths and structure but coming from the same item.
April 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Majestic
Red fox lab, semi recumbent, head held high and looking into the mid distance. Behind her is a yellow wall, and she rests on a gray carpet.
April 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Happy day 6/7
Balls of pink petals on a tree against a very blue sky. I think it’s fresh cherry blossoms, but my flower knowledge is as limited as my comprehension of house music sub genres.
April 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Baaaaaa
Some sheep, who are either white and dark brown, stood in a field covered with hoar frost and looking a little pissed off that the photographer doesn’t have a pocket full of tasty treats
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Thursday night
Night sky over an illuminated Glasgow Armadillo, a massive building of grey steel lapped like an armadillo by the banks of the Clyde. A green shining part of the SEC sits slightly to the left.
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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So … who’s in Glasgow at the #RCPCH2025 that I can say hello to? Headed there to get an award 🏆!
Old white bearded and balding cis-man with glasses, short collar poking over a white sweatshirt, sitting in a train seat whipping through green countryside. His expression is vaguely bemused, which is familiar to those who know him.
March 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Some photos make me smile
Lone tree at the left edge of a field slowly re-greening in the presence of a faint mist and dawning glow
March 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Four legs good, two legs bad.
Raised glass room on a stage with misty smoke billowing in front of floor mounted spots
March 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Does anyone know the story of the TARDIS in Oldham Royal?
Painting. Colourful urban field with large water / smoke tower int he background and a blue police box in the midground
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Timelines can be so lovely some days ☺️
Post about Elizabethan sailing ships with an ancient tapestry, above a Joanne Harris post describing the mythic writing “shed” as a ghost ship today.
March 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Isn’t Leeds pretty?
Brightly coloured canal boat afloat and in front of a red bro k block of fancy flats
March 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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The Chair in the Wild #everydaycreativity
Dirty white high backed chair firm on brown leaf litter, made of polystyrene
February 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Fish that kept me company
Fish. Like goldfish but bigger and more sort of pale yellow, apart from the salmon pink one that’s not a salmon.
February 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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More Lakes loveliness
February 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM