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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My kids are too old for World Book Day now but this memory popped up for me today of the time I completely forgot about it until about half an hour before the school run and had to make something up using his pyjama onesie!

A 6 year old boy in a brown bear onesie holding a sign saying "Exit, pursued by a bear"

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Apparently this is how you sleep when you can't read the news

Black cat asleep on a turquoise blanket with his arms stretched in front of him

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Well that was a surprise to wake up to.

Trees and lawn in the back garden coated in a layer of snow (not that much snow really...a bit like icing sugar on a cake...but still)

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2026 off to a good start! (I have a good book and the last of the chocolates too) 😊

Black cat resting his head on the arm of the sofa

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The world has felt very dark in many ways of late. But we keep sending what light we have out into the world.

Silver chanukiah with candles lit for the first night

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

When the training comes with 2 answers- the correct answer and the answer you really want to give...

Question asking - when running meetings should we- a) offer an option to attend virtually, b) hold all meetings in person, c) don't hold any meetings

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Short and chilly walk along the sea before lunch.

Blue sky with white clouds over the shingle beach and the sea at Whitstable Bay

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Salem has buried his head under a blanket and opted to hide from today. He's not wrong. #caturday

Black cat curled in a ball with his head buried in a grey blanket

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

That rainy Monday feeling. And he doesn't even have to make sense of a budget reconciliation.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I have had a lovely break but it is nice to be home and I think I'm ready to tackle my inbox. However, it is going to have to wait because someone else is glad we are home and he is really hard to see through!

A person (me!) with almost their entire face blocked by a purring black cat.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Enjoying some time with my sister and her family in Korea!

Suwon library- located in a mall there are about 4 floors of illuminated bookshelves and balloons suspended from the ceiling. I have not worked out how you get hold of the books

Bell of Filial Piety at the fort in Suwon. A large cast iron bell in a structure with red wooden supports and a tile roof

Part of the fortress. Dark wooden floor with green painted walls and a red timber ceiling

Me at the top of the fortress overlooking the city

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Had news that we had a grant funded so decided to celebrate a little and spoil my dinner.

Strawberry tart with almonds on top and a coffee (with a design made from the fluffy milk...never quite sure what it is supposed to be...a leaf maybe?)

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I have received a reminder to complete a survey on workplace stress and burnout...which I haven't managed to get round to because I have been snowed under with things. I feel like there is a methodology point I could make here but mostly I'm just a bit tired. So here is a sleeping cat instead.

Sleeping black cat on a beige sofa with a yellow cushion. He is basically expressionless but I know that he is smug that he can sleep in the middle of the day and I can't.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Autumn is rolling into the valley here and I'm managing to walk further and further without anything hurting, which is nice.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The world may be on fire but today I met my neighbour's new kitten so there is that!

Small white kitten stretching to reach a yellow and red feathered ball on a string

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Having a tidy up and found this book on top of the bookshelf. No idea where it came from...I can't recall ever buying it. If I start reading it, does some exciting adventure begin for me? I feel like I might be a bit old to be the heroine of this story. Perhaps I should leave it for one my kids...

A book entitled 'Build Your Own Time Machine'

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We survived the stress of GCSE results day and cat surgery day, with good results on both counts. If anyone needs me, I'll be slumped on the sofa in relieved exhaustion.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is Stevie. He lives next door. Or he did until he and Salem became friends. Now, if I open a window, Stevie pops in to visit. This morning I woke up to Stevie in my bed. Apparently, we now have 1.5 cats in this house.

Grey tabby cat with white tummy and paws sleeping on my carpet.

Steve (grey tabby) and Salem (black cat) loafing in the garden

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We have been to the vet. Time for us both to have a lie down.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My morning coffee spot has been invaded! I do not think the geese are inclined to share

Shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay with a white deck chair and about 12 Canada Geese

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Enjoying the view. Nearly time to head home.

Sunset over the horizon on the Chesapeake Bay

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My coffee is happy to see me this morning. The feeling is mutual

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I am sorry to be missing #sapc2025 (though I am enjoying following on here!). But at least I have a good reason. After a tough couple of months it is nice to put my feet up, literally and figuratively!

Blue Lake Garda, surrounded by the mountains and with blue sky overhead

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Huge congratulations to my lovely and inspirational colleague Edel O'Toole who wins the Sir Archibald Gray Medal at #BAD2025. This is the highest honour the British Association of Dermatologists can bestow. We are so very lucky to have her @qmulfmd.bsky.social

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Not a good start to my conference adventures. Getting to Glasgow is looking like more of an epic journey than planned!

Announcement from network rail advising that you can't travel past Carlisle.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I decided to clean out my desk because it seemed like it had been a while and...it had been a while!

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

It has been quite a few weeks but one of the ways I know I'm on the mend is that I can start quilting a bit once again. Now if only I can remember what these bits were supposed to become...

Coloured squares (pink, purple, yellow and orange), a cutting mat and quilting squares all laid out on a very 1970s tablecloth from my mother

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

As an applied statistician, people don't ask me to examine PhDs all that often. But today I spent a lovely day in Cardiff doing just that. The candidate did an amazing job and I look forward to seeing what they go on to do in the future. And the sun was shining too!

A not terribly amazing photo of the river and the stadium in Cardiff in the sunshine. Most nicer views are available but I'm still on crutches so this was about as much walking from my hotel as I was up to.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

And that is GCSEs done for Child1. It has been as much a test of endurance as knowledge...for all of us!

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Beautiful day for the @qmul-wiph.bsky.social showcase! It has been fabulous to hear all the work that is being carried out across our 6 Centres. But all of it underpinned by excellence in methods, as highlighted by some of our staff in @wiphcem.bsky.social

One of our excellent trial managers Lana reflecting on what makes a successful trial

Our lead of data management Arouna sharing the clinical trial life cycle

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

How my husband is spending the weekend versus how I am spending the weekend... (I get 2 photos because my plans are better)

Very splendid cake thing made of raspberries and cream sandwiched between pink rose macarons

Salem (black cat) curled beside a leg and looking up fondly (unusual for him)

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Had a great day yesterday working on critical appraisal skills with our new @ukdctn.bsky.social Fellows. Some great discussions about the papers but also about the challenges of peer review and of AI! Nottingham was particularly gorgeous in the sunshine too.

View of a lake lined by green trees and shrubs under a blue sky.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Went for a little walk for the first time in a while. Very pretty flowers in bloom but, just as importantly, lovely tea room for when I needed to sit down again!

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This is not what I was expecting to be greeted with on coming down this morning. But I will say, chasing a bird around the living room wakes you up even more quickly than coffee!

Small brown bird (possibly a juvenile robin) perched on a brown curtain rail looking incredibly cross.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Ever get the feeling that you are being watched?

Black cat peeking his head over the roof. You can just see the eyes and eara

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Bit of spring indoors today. It is such a lovely day that I might even test the crutches with a short walk outside later!

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I already knew that I have lovely friends, colleagues, and family. But since I got injured last week, I have been constantly reminded of it through so many kind words and actions. I also have a cat but he is constantly under my crutches and attacking my splints, so no thanks due in that direction

Black cat on a blue carpet sitting innocently beside the black leg splint that he had just finished savaging

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Home from hospital and Salem is sitting on my legs, making sure I'm not tempted to overdo things

Large black cat with half closed green eyes relaxing on my lap

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Well, if you are going to land yourself in hospital for a few days, at least it is nice to have a room with a view. On a nice day like today I can see the Shard!

Views of London (including a glimpse of the Shard) from my bed at the Royal London

Views in the other direction (not much of interest to describe but there are buildings and greenery which I'm guessing are parks)

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Can 100% recommend not being hit by a car and finding yourself eligible for one of your own clinical trials

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Part GCSE revision part outing to the theatre, I have taken the children to see Macbeth. The Globe is resplendent in the sunshine

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I hope your Friday is a splendid as Salem's. I mean, that is actually impossible, but as close as you can get is good

Black cat lazing in the sun. He's found a nice warm bit of wood beside the stone garden steps

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Enjoyed these lovely signs of spring in Whitechapel today!

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

GCSE revision essentials purchased. Now Child1 is upstairs crafting (and recrafting) her revision timetable in different coloured pens.

Gcse revision essentials comprise 2 clear pencil cases, a new protractor, 2 bags of mini eggs, a mini egg bar and a calculator (under the pencil cases and not visible in the picture)

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Lovely to see the @ukdctn.bsky.social supported BEACON trial as an example of an interesting platform design, testing treatments with different mechanisms of action for eczema patients #CCTMM25

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Looking forward to hearing about all the latest in innovative trial design at #CCTMM25. Fortified with cake and coffee beforehand, of course.

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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

My daughter's last concert tonight before leaving her school for Sixth Form and they performed The Girl from Aleppo. A rather moving evening and a piece that reminds you that even in despair, there is also hope.

Image of the score for the Girl from Aleppo set to music by Cecilia McDowell

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