Dr Sally Le Page
@sallylepage.bsky.social
Doctor of flies and producer/presenter of science podcasts, radio and videos.
I offer media interview and production training to help individuals and companies talk about their science: https://sallylepage.co.uk
I offer media interview and production training to help individuals and companies talk about their science: https://sallylepage.co.uk
God I love dressing up. Can we have more national dressing up days please? Thanks.
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
God I love dressing up. Can we have more national dressing up days please? Thanks.
Happy Halloween! 🧛
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🧛
I've got it looking less like Einstein, but how do I make it look less like Mozart?
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I've got it looking less like Einstein, but how do I make it look less like Mozart?
Astarion's really let himself go recently...
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Astarion's really let himself go recently...
Bark's now all consolidated with Paraloid.
Who needs washi kozo and fish glue when you've got hessian and PVA?!
Who needs washi kozo and fish glue when you've got hessian and PVA?!
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bark's now all consolidated with Paraloid.
Who needs washi kozo and fish glue when you've got hessian and PVA?!
Who needs washi kozo and fish glue when you've got hessian and PVA?!
Well, I have a cat until she yells at me to go back outside.
Apparently she's called Katie and lives a few houses down.
Apparently she's called Katie and lives a few houses down.
October 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Well, I have a cat until she yells at me to go back outside.
Apparently she's called Katie and lives a few houses down.
Apparently she's called Katie and lives a few houses down.
Today started terribly.
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
October 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today started terribly.
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
And I've been desperate for a cat recently (to the point of researching vet fees and cat food)
Then this fellow yells outside my front door, and when I go to check, she waltzes in, thoroughly inspects everywhere and is now napping in front of me!
Guess I have a cat now!
The vibe is something like this. Who knows what it will actually turn out looking like though!
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The vibe is something like this. Who knows what it will actually turn out looking like though!
Inner bark removed, I've liberally sprayed the outer face with propanol to kill any mould.
Now it's in front of a fan to dry off, before I start chemically preserving it.
Now it's in front of a fan to dry off, before I start chemically preserving it.
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Inner bark removed, I've liberally sprayed the outer face with propanol to kill any mould.
Now it's in front of a fan to dry off, before I start chemically preserving it.
Now it's in front of a fan to dry off, before I start chemically preserving it.
This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This may be too niche, but I'm prepping some bark and all I have running though my head is:
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
Now we've stabilised it with washi kozo, it's time to remove the old varnish. Sadly the last conservator didn't use reversible materials, so I have to chip away at it manually with my scalpel...
📻 My BBC World Service documentary is out today!!! 🦠
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
September 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📻 My BBC World Service documentary is out today!!! 🦠
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you.
bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'
*starts a new D&D campaign*
I'm definitely going to branch out from my usual wood elf druid.
*makes a forest gnome ranger*
Dammit!
I'm definitely going to branch out from my usual wood elf druid.
*makes a forest gnome ranger*
Dammit!
September 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
*starts a new D&D campaign*
I'm definitely going to branch out from my usual wood elf druid.
*makes a forest gnome ranger*
Dammit!
I'm definitely going to branch out from my usual wood elf druid.
*makes a forest gnome ranger*
Dammit!
Before I get too excited, can any of you tell me what you think this is? It's in mid Wales.
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Before I get too excited, can any of you tell me what you think this is? It's in mid Wales.
I have manifested myself a cat for a day!
August 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have manifested myself a cat for a day!
It's hard to describe just how calm the river was yesterday.
I haven't been able to go out paddling nearly as much as I would like to because of my health, but whenever I can make it out, it's so worth it.
I haven't been able to go out paddling nearly as much as I would like to because of my health, but whenever I can make it out, it's so worth it.
August 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's hard to describe just how calm the river was yesterday.
I haven't been able to go out paddling nearly as much as I would like to because of my health, but whenever I can make it out, it's so worth it.
I haven't been able to go out paddling nearly as much as I would like to because of my health, but whenever I can make it out, it's so worth it.
Today I'm at the UK Health Security Agency recording interviews about how bacteria swap antibiotic resistance secrets with each other 🦠
August 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today I'm at the UK Health Security Agency recording interviews about how bacteria swap antibiotic resistance secrets with each other 🦠
So nice to be back in a recording studio and interviewing scientists (my favourite part of my job).
Chatted to four microbiologists for the BBC World Service radio documentary I'm presenting all about bacterial social lives 🦠💕🦠
Chatted to four microbiologists for the BBC World Service radio documentary I'm presenting all about bacterial social lives 🦠💕🦠
July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So nice to be back in a recording studio and interviewing scientists (my favourite part of my job).
Chatted to four microbiologists for the BBC World Service radio documentary I'm presenting all about bacterial social lives 🦠💕🦠
Chatted to four microbiologists for the BBC World Service radio documentary I'm presenting all about bacterial social lives 🦠💕🦠
I think I'll be able to top up the water butts tomorrow 😬
July 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I think I'll be able to top up the water butts tomorrow 😬
Looking at my analytics for the first time in years.
Guess I'm a Hank Green fan channel now. With added ponds.
I should make a whole series where I ask @hankgreen.bsky.social questions. Oh wait...
Guess I'm a Hank Green fan channel now. With added ponds.
I should make a whole series where I ask @hankgreen.bsky.social questions. Oh wait...
July 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Looking at my analytics for the first time in years.
Guess I'm a Hank Green fan channel now. With added ponds.
I should make a whole series where I ask @hankgreen.bsky.social questions. Oh wait...
Guess I'm a Hank Green fan channel now. With added ponds.
I should make a whole series where I ask @hankgreen.bsky.social questions. Oh wait...
Maybe I'll just play my own videos on loop for 75h to postpone the inevitable end 😬
youtube.com/sallylepage
youtube.com/sallylepage
July 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Maybe I'll just play my own videos on loop for 75h to postpone the inevitable end 😬
youtube.com/sallylepage
youtube.com/sallylepage
When I became a partner (back in myyyyy dayyyyy), the requirement was 10K subs. Very tricky, but you could slowly build up to it.
Now you need to get a shit ton of views within a single year. Given how saturated YouTube is, that's bloody difficult!
Now you need to get a shit ton of views within a single year. Given how saturated YouTube is, that's bloody difficult!
July 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When I became a partner (back in myyyyy dayyyyy), the requirement was 10K subs. Very tricky, but you could slowly build up to it.
Now you need to get a shit ton of views within a single year. Given how saturated YouTube is, that's bloody difficult!
Now you need to get a shit ton of views within a single year. Given how saturated YouTube is, that's bloody difficult!
Well, I guess it's the end of an era. 😔
It feels really odd to have the door close on being a YouTuber like this.
Not that I've been a YouTuber for several years, nor did I earn much AdSense Revenue, but still, the possibility to go back was always there before.
It feels really odd to have the door close on being a YouTuber like this.
Not that I've been a YouTuber for several years, nor did I earn much AdSense Revenue, but still, the possibility to go back was always there before.
July 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Well, I guess it's the end of an era. 😔
It feels really odd to have the door close on being a YouTuber like this.
Not that I've been a YouTuber for several years, nor did I earn much AdSense Revenue, but still, the possibility to go back was always there before.
It feels really odd to have the door close on being a YouTuber like this.
Not that I've been a YouTuber for several years, nor did I earn much AdSense Revenue, but still, the possibility to go back was always there before.
I enjoyed watching the cricket earlier 🏏
July 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I enjoyed watching the cricket earlier 🏏
To celebrate, here's me and my favourite audience member, Missy, who would graciously accept scritches between scenes.
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
To celebrate, here's me and my favourite audience member, Missy, who would graciously accept scritches between scenes.