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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hello, old friend. The first century CE marble portrait head of Thucydides in the Ashmolean Museum reminding me I should probably be writing today.

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the audience for a fantastic reading of Doctor Faustus @roseplayhouse.bsky.social today. First time there- amazing atmosphere.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 15/09/2026

For more than 3,500 years, cobalt has coloured some of the world’s most celebrated artworks and objects; by tracing chemical signatures, Victoria Kemp’s research @ox.ac.uk explores how a single raw material can reveal hidden histories of trade, technology and cultural exchange.

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The invisible currency of cobalt

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I saw Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey and loved it. The unexpected elements worked so well. No spoilers but many thoughts afterwards.

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Yayyyyy!!! Alban and Boudica are back. Fingers crossed the have an easier year, this year! ❤️🦅 www.stalbanscathedral.org/peregrine-li... #StAlbans #Birds

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Peregrine Live Cam

Watch our peregrines live at St Albans Cathedral.

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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Sixty years ago, Jennie Lee's vision created The Open University 🎓 Welcoming all backgrounds, millions have started life-changing journeys. #OUfamily #TheOpenUniversity #OU60 💙

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just finished writing on Thucydides and Plutarch. It’s a draft so needs a polish but still cause for a small celebration! Heading for a coffee and taking a breath.

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St Albans Museums @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🔎 We’re heading back to the Rose & Crown dig! Join us on 28 Feb or 7 Mar, 11am–2pm, to meet the archaeologists and get another look at the site as the excavation unfolds (weather permitting). Free, informal drop‑ins for everyone.

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Had a productive afternoon of writing today. Thucydides on the agenda today with some Plutarch tomorrow.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

For New Year’s Day 2026, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD. A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead! 📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/... #Archaeology

The image shows a small, rounded, purple glass vessel in the shape of a pomegranate fruit displayed against a light grey background. The display lighting enhances the translucent purple glass which replicates the colour of a ripe fruit. There is some encrustation dotted around the body of the vessel and around the calyx which has one lobe missing. Height 6.9 cm (2.7 in), Diameter 6.6 cm (2.5 in). Probably used as a container for perfumed oil.

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Combined Classics Library @joliheroics.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

With no spoilers I LOVED the Celebrity Traitors final.

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low, who has provided the introduction and notes to Robin Waterfield's recently published new translation of Thucydides! 🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n 🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen for around 15 years over dinner today and it was fabulous. Major #TinyJoy

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This jar stands at an impressive height of 75 cm. The painted decoration depicts an octopus, swimming in an abstract seascape. The jar comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was created in the 15th century BCE.

A close up image of an ancient pot with a large octopus painted on in black with it's tentacles all curled around it.

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The house is lovely just to visit and the events are wonderful. I went to the gin tasting and Georgian history talk last night and it was terrific. Would recommend!

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Enjoying an afternoon with Plutarch today

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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!

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St Albans Museums @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If you're out in Verulamium Park this summer look out for the 'Tread the Past' trail. At each of the 8 stops scan the QR code to discover the history under your feet 👣 www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/tread-pa…

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Really enjoyed seeing this today. Thanks for chatting with us when we visited.

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Oxford looking good this morning

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Today I celebrated my PhD at the Barbican with the rest of the #OUfamily. It was an incredibly joyful atmosphere. Thanks for being there @emmabridges.bsky.social and thanks to @eltonteb.bsky.social and Eleanor Betts, my other fantastic supervisors, and @ougradsch.bsky.social for the opportunities.

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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Because I'm updating them today, I'd like to remind #AncientBluesky that we have *FREELY ACCESSIBLE* Ancient Greek resources at the Open University! 🏺 First, we have a 16 hour free OpenLearn course, which takes you from learning the alphabet to reading simple sentences: www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...

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Getting started on ancient Greek

This free course, Getting started on ancient Greek, offers a taster of the ancient Greek world through the study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language.The course ...

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Dr Liz Webb @lizwebb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Triple checking my chapter proofs this evening so Thucydides is back out on the table. It’s my first post PhD thing and I had forgotten that feeling before pressing ‘send’ on the final version of something.

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Emma Bridges @emmabridges.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Handily OUP are offering a hefty discount on my book Warriors' Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience as part of their #AIASCS promotion so you can currently get it for £15 (or $21 in the US) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Edith Hall @edithmayhall.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My article in the FT on state school Classics. It’s not all bad news! Article here: www.ft.com/content/8b93...

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The delights of the ancient world should be available for all

The flame of classics still burns in state schools even as the Latin scheme is axed

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