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Isabelle Vella Gregory

@ivg.bsky.social
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Archaeologist. Sudan. Malta. UCL. Cambridge. thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com m.facebook.com/JebelMoya

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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
While googling for something or other, I came across this referee report from 1949. This reviewer did recommend publication and more reviews. #archaeology #reviewer #archives makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_...
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Referee's report by William Bernard Robinson, on a paper 'Studies in the post-glacial history of British vegetation. XI. Late-glacial deposits in Cornwall' by Ann P Conolly, Harry Godwin, Eleanor M Megaw and R Ross
Sectional committee: Geology Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper should be reported on by botanists and geologists. As a geol…
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This thread is why I love social media!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Already booked!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oooo look what @pavementgeology.bsky.social is doing. Desperately re arranging diary so I can attend!!! I had the pleasure of learning from Ruth. She’s fab www.geolsoc.org.uk/events/an-in...
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An Introduction to Mineral Pigments & Paints | The Geological Society of London
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@eshallinan.bsky.social 😝😝😝😘😘😘😘
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From now on this is how we should all classify lithics. And I’m not just saying this because I’m the pot person. Promise.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just wave roast chicken and he’ll come if he wants to 🤣
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please send him our love. I never got the chance to meet him, only Rena. I’m still in shock and find myself staring blankly.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
God this just popped up on fb and I just… I just can’t.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social has announced the shocking news about @justrena.bsky.social s passing and I just don’t even know what to say. I… to all those who knew her, lots of love. Sorry I can’t think straight just now. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Lxj...
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Facebook
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely! It’s a gorgeous area for a walk. Thanks Nat I’m discovering so many places via your podcast!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Finally visited Clophill church. I blame @weirdinthewade.bsky.social for this :-)))
Side view of church View from inside church View from church nav
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happened to me and the editors sent me the “review”. It took a few drafts before I hit send on my response.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today’s miracle: managed to record an entire lecture without feline contribution.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No no no. Dear Grim Reaper, please knock it off. Why did it have to be Bonnie Greer??? www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the world needs more librarians.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And here's a bonus video from @sciencemuseum.org.uk on our glass slides project - it's short so perfect for watching while enjoying a coffee #archaeology #Sudan #JebelMoya www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFa...
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What use do photographs have to archaeologists?
YouTube video by Science Museum
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just heard a student describe a 1989 publication as “history - really long time ago”. I’d shake my fist but my arm hurts. Grumble.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Like most of Malta I’m still reeling from Wednesday’s court. Here’s an excellent piece that sets out the story. Doesn’t quite cover the horror and the intricacies of the Mafia state - it’s beyond horrifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@uclarchaeology.bsky.social :-)
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We had the pleasure of working with @sciencemuseum.org.uk on a collection of rare glass slides from Sudan. A huge thank you to the wonderful folks at the Museum who made this possible. #archaeology #Sudan #JebelMoya #photography #museums www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOd...
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Archaeologists look at RARE lantern slides from Jebel Moya, Sudan | Excavation and Henry Wellcome
YouTube video by Science Museum
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The food testers are on duty 🤣
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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I want to add that Dolly wrote this song less than a decade after eugenicist Harry M. Caudill's Night Comes to the Cumberlands was published, pathologizing Appalachia during the country's "War on poverty." That "Despite your contempt, the things I love are worth loving" part runs DEEP.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Might you be holding something tempting? 🤣
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Look let’s share our favourite Dolly Parton songs. Here’s mine. youtu.be/3mKJVmQRO-I?...
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The Grass Is Blue
YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No no no no. Not Dolly Parton!!!!!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The number of people in the medical field is genuinely terrifying.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The #bees are having a whale of a time on my #passionflower #gardening 🐝🌸🪴
Close up of two bees on a passionflower
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Here’s a handy list of supporters of… lots of awful things. Lots.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Cambridge. Thiel. Race “science”. Worth a read. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just leaving this here.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ve spent the past few hours checking in on colleagues, students, friends. I urge you to do the same. To be honest I’ve been doing this since it all started, but it’s extra important to do it again.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Absolutely!!! This was a workplace matter that was turned into international “news”.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I mean ffs. Where’s the duty of care? Sure the lies, the plagiarism - but what about the appointments committee? His department that ought to have offered support regardless of the claims because mobs are fucking dangerous. And a mob aided and abetted by the media. Horrific. Beyond horrific.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oh my god. This is beyond awful news.sky.com/story/jason-...
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Jason Arday, former Cambridge university professor, found dead after resigning following plagiarism row
A former University of Cambridge professor who resigned following accusations of plagiarism has been found dead.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ah! I got one and husband didn’t. We were wondering what’s up!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oh snap. My phone went mad!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Did anyone else get the emergency fire alert?
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’ve been busy at this end and not particularly chatty. Anyways I keep being asked about Arday and here, this is far more coherent than I could ever be. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jason Arday is now the stick the right will use to beat back racial equality. Don’t let that happen | Afua Hirsch
The UK is far from equality in academia or society. You don’t need a Cambridge degree to see that Arday’s story is being used to stop any progress in its tracks, says journalist and academic Afua Hirs...
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
And accurate 🤣
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“She keeps finding me. What a brilliant archaeologist she is. So clever. So close to becoming a ☠️ herself.”
Close up of orange cat under the couch. His head is resting on his paw and he looks furious.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do come along. Why yes there’s a paper about Jebel Moya obvs 🤣 But more importantly come join us for a day of really interesting research in a relaxed environment, cos that’s how we roll at IoA :-)
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What’s the current status of iniquity? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I needed the laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Oh holy moly. He had no filter.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I do have questions 🤣
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
So you can vote for proposed euro banknotes designs. I am partial to the birds! surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...
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Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu
I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
42C over here. The “breeze” feels like Satan farting straight at you.
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Isabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
We have now renamed mussels in wine to drunken mussels. Look, I don’t do measurements. I go by vibes.
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