Iain Robinson 🌳
@iainrobinson.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, and accidental activist. Trees, woods, nature, landscape, environmental matters, guitars, and fictions of all sorts, though I’ll mostly just upload cat pics and undertake academic moaning.
https://thispartysover.substack.com
https://thispartysover.substack.com
I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.
May 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Announcing:
‘Root and
Branch Nature
Writing’
Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.
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‘Root and
Branch Nature
Writing’
Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.
open.substack.com/pub/thispart...
May 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Announcing:
‘Root and
Branch Nature
Writing’
Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.
open.substack.com/pub/thispart...
‘Root and
Branch Nature
Writing’
Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.
open.substack.com/pub/thispart...
More country diarising!
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May 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
More country diarising!
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Why does nobody sell medialunas in the UK? We miss them!
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Why does nobody sell medialunas in the UK? We miss them!
This IKEA box left over from Christmas is Pumba’s favourite place
April 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This IKEA box left over from Christmas is Pumba’s favourite place
Pumba would like to demonstrate his tongue
April 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Pumba would like to demonstrate his tongue
It’s just one big ego trip for this manbaby narcissist
April 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s just one big ego trip for this manbaby narcissist
And the sun came out in solidarity! @uea-ucu.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And the sun came out in solidarity! @uea-ucu.bsky.social
We found this fragment of delicately hand painted blue and white pottery in the garden. Clearly a plate. Does anyone out there have an idea of age? Context: garden of late medieval/tudor hall house.
March 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We found this fragment of delicately hand painted blue and white pottery in the garden. Clearly a plate. Does anyone out there have an idea of age? Context: garden of late medieval/tudor hall house.
Boycott Google
February 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Boycott Google
Three minutes of garden birds according to Merlin
January 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Three minutes of garden birds according to Merlin
My strangely eclectic reading so far this January.
January 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My strangely eclectic reading so far this January.
Musk practices his moves at X HQ
January 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Musk practices his moves at X HQ
Pumba pretending to be settled on my lap
January 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Pumba pretending to be settled on my lap
DI Pumba helped me read this MA Crime Fiction dissertation.
December 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
DI Pumba helped me read this MA Crime Fiction dissertation.
They have all the up-to-date current affairs on the BBC website.
December 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM
They have all the up-to-date current affairs on the BBC website.
We’ve cracked out the Spode mugs for Advent
December 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM
We’ve cracked out the Spode mugs for Advent
We have the little tree up, and it’s Pumba’s first look at it.
He avoided castration at the vets on Friday because they found he has a heart murmur. Booking him in for an ECG soon. It’s all a bit worrying.
He avoided castration at the vets on Friday because they found he has a heart murmur. Booking him in for an ECG soon. It’s all a bit worrying.
December 1, 2024 at 8:25 AM
We have the little tree up, and it’s Pumba’s first look at it.
He avoided castration at the vets on Friday because they found he has a heart murmur. Booking him in for an ECG soon. It’s all a bit worrying.
He avoided castration at the vets on Friday because they found he has a heart murmur. Booking him in for an ECG soon. It’s all a bit worrying.
I wrote about illness, darkness, and the solace of the wild in the latest excerpt from ‘Another Country Diary’.
thispartysover.substack.com/p/another-co...
thispartysover.substack.com/p/another-co...
November 16, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I wrote about illness, darkness, and the solace of the wild in the latest excerpt from ‘Another Country Diary’.
thispartysover.substack.com/p/another-co...
thispartysover.substack.com/p/another-co...
Happy leaf blower day to all who celebrate. They will shortly observe a two minute silence.
November 12, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Happy leaf blower day to all who celebrate. They will shortly observe a two minute silence.
Autumn mode activated
October 16, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Autumn mode activated
Back in the GRIDSERVE cafe trying to write while my eldest does her sport stuff
September 14, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Back in the GRIDSERVE cafe trying to write while my eldest does her sport stuff
Back in the Gridserve cafe for early morning writing.
September 7, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Back in the Gridserve cafe for early morning writing.