Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn
@lizgloyn.bsky.social
Reader at the Classics dept at Royal Holloway; mater; deacon in the C of E; comms for RHUL UCU; feminist. Sharing my thoughts, not those of my employer. She/her. #TinyJoys curator.
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Christ is always in Christmas and He doesn’t need the “help” of politicians who want to divide and frighten is for their own ends. Everyone is welcome this Christmas.
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Christ is always in Christmas and He doesn’t need the “help” of politicians who want to divide and frighten is for their own ends. Everyone is welcome this Christmas.
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#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the bookshelf #MosaicCrochet throw is looking great now that I've started work on the border 🧶
2) I've written and sent the Christmas cards ✍️📮
3) eating proper clementines from the fruit and veg shop 😋 🍊
4) talking to people 💬
1) the bookshelf #MosaicCrochet throw is looking great now that I've started work on the border 🧶
2) I've written and sent the Christmas cards ✍️📮
3) eating proper clementines from the fruit and veg shop 😋 🍊
4) talking to people 💬
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the bookshelf #MosaicCrochet throw is looking great now that I've started work on the border 🧶
2) I've written and sent the Christmas cards ✍️📮
3) eating proper clementines from the fruit and veg shop 😋 🍊
4) talking to people 💬
1) the bookshelf #MosaicCrochet throw is looking great now that I've started work on the border 🧶
2) I've written and sent the Christmas cards ✍️📮
3) eating proper clementines from the fruit and veg shop 😋 🍊
4) talking to people 💬
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I finally found the phone (not mine) that was beeping and chiming irritating notification sounds all morning and turned it off! (It was hidden in a laptop bag 🙄) #TinyJoys #FreelancerLife
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I finally found the phone (not mine) that was beeping and chiming irritating notification sounds all morning and turned it off! (It was hidden in a laptop bag 🙄) #TinyJoys #FreelancerLife
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The house move continues to be A Lot, but tonight, I snuggled up with my daughter for an hour to watch Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episodes together, and I'm feeling so much better about everything now. ❤️
#TinyJoys
#TinyJoys
a cartoon drawing of a person rollerblading with the letters xxx on their feet
Alt: A gif of Moongirl rollerblading through a neon landscape.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The house move continues to be A Lot, but tonight, I snuggled up with my daughter for an hour to watch Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episodes together, and I'm feeling so much better about everything now. ❤️
#TinyJoys
#TinyJoys
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ancient american mythology your little pony
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ancient american mythology your little pony
Well, that's the autumn term done and dusted. Plenty of loose ends to sort next week, but I have had such fun teaching my lovely, interested and interesting students.
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Well, that's the autumn term done and dusted. Plenty of loose ends to sort next week, but I have had such fun teaching my lovely, interested and interesting students.
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May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace
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Here I am opening up the first copies of All My Worldly Joy. I feared this day would never come! Thank you to my publishers @wiltonsquare.bsky.social and to everyone who made this possible. You know who you are. 💜
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here I am opening up the first copies of All My Worldly Joy. I feared this day would never come! Thank you to my publishers @wiltonsquare.bsky.social and to everyone who made this possible. You know who you are. 💜
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I originally wrote this piece for Bitch back in 2021. So grateful to @freeblackgirl.bsky.social and @theflytrapmedia.com to see it back in print again <3
the-flytrap.ghost.io/love-sick/
the-flytrap.ghost.io/love-sick/
Love Sick
It's time to uncouple care work from romantic love.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I originally wrote this piece for Bitch back in 2021. So grateful to @freeblackgirl.bsky.social and @theflytrapmedia.com to see it back in print again <3
the-flytrap.ghost.io/love-sick/
the-flytrap.ghost.io/love-sick/
Unpleasantly gray weather today for the last day of term and on campus... still, I am wearing my seasonal Christmas top and that must count for something.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Unpleasantly gray weather today for the last day of term and on campus... still, I am wearing my seasonal Christmas top and that must count for something.
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The Lord has put away all your sins
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Lord has put away all your sins
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The contempt that university managers have for their academic staff here in the UK is *off the scale*.
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The contempt that university managers have for their academic staff here in the UK is *off the scale*.
Writing a student reference and realising I have to update my title. Weird.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Writing a student reference and realising I have to update my title. Weird.
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An old woman turned up at a potluck dinner with two tubs of my favourite brand and flavour of ice-cream. She remembered a brief chat that had taken place years previously and went and specifically found that ice-cream just for me. How lovely was that? #tinyjoys
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
An old woman turned up at a potluck dinner with two tubs of my favourite brand and flavour of ice-cream. She remembered a brief chat that had taken place years previously and went and specifically found that ice-cream just for me. How lovely was that? #tinyjoys
Stand by with tea and sustaining snacks for the research-administration-aligned people in your life.
REF2029 pause ends today, with UUK conference talks starting at 10:00 and embargo lifted at 11:00. Register to listen online. (There is also a Q&A session).
REF talks at UUK Conference, 10 December 2025 – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Stand by with tea and sustaining snacks for the research-administration-aligned people in your life.
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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...
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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...
THE NOBLE IMPERIAL CAPYBARA, WITH LAUREL RESTING UPON HIS BROW, SURVEYS THE MIGHT OF HIS FORCES, THE SCOURGE OF THE BARBARIANS, ALL CAREFULLY BALANCING ORANGES ON THEIR HEADS.
It's not a pig. It's a capybara.
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
THE NOBLE IMPERIAL CAPYBARA, WITH LAUREL RESTING UPON HIS BROW, SURVEYS THE MIGHT OF HIS FORCES, THE SCOURGE OF THE BARBARIANS, ALL CAREFULLY BALANCING ORANGES ON THEIR HEADS.
...OK, this has quite cheered me up.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
...OK, this has quite cheered me up.