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Julie Sanders

@profjsanders.bsky.social

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Vice-Chancellor & Principal Royal Holloway University of London. Proud Trustee at Shakespeare’s Globe, Advisory Board member HEPI. Hopeless optimist. Treading gently. Views my own.

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · 12d

It was game changing theatre for me; huge thanks to channel 4 as ever for making it available to so many … that verse and so many moments (yes, god on his forklift), not least Judas handing over coins & the sudden sense of audience complicity.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 18d

'Shakespeare's Globe Theatre' by Fiona Horan
fionahoran.com

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · 21d

This looks to be such an exciting exhibition - looking forward

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 25d

'October in Bedford Square' by George ER Salter (active c.1956–1959)

(Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre)

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Sep 3

❤️📻An absolute (if occasionally nerve wracking) privilege to have been part of the programme over the years.

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Beautiful! Can’t wait to have this in my paws 🐾 xxxx

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sending love Richard 🐾❤️

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sending so many hugs xx

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 17

This was a beautiful programme, “deeply kind” in its own right. Thank you as always @horatioclare.bsky.social #Choughs

Horatio Clare @horatioclare.bsky.social · Aug 17

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 7.15pm British Summer Time, GMT +1, Tx from New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A, on the digital, FM, Long Wave, AM and MW spectra and frequencies to the Universe, known and unknown. Please listen! We mean, as men, every single word xx

BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, Into the West

Horatio Clare goes in search of the bird he’s loved since childhood: the red-billed chough

www.bbc.co.uk

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 4

“Hand on my stupid heart”

Meditations in an emergency

Cameron Awkward-Rich

I wake up & it breaks my heart. I draw the blinds & the thrill of rain breaks my heart. I go outside. I ride the train, walk among the buildings, men in Monday suits. The flight of doves, the city of tents beneath the underpass, the huddled mass, old women hawking roses, & children all of them, break my heart. There’s a dream I have in which I love the world. I run from end to end like fingers through her hair. There are no borders, only wind. Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the institution of dreaming. Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart.

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Aug 2

Marina Tabassum’s summer pavilion at the Serpentine with its references to Bangladeshi wedding pavilions and a welcome pause to drink coffee and chat about space and congregation with my partner. #Saturday

The pavilion is a series of arched panels letting the light in with sections open to the weather. A ginkgo tree is placed at the centre. people can be seen sitting at the edges and also standing and buying coffee at the far end of the structure. It is a cloudy day and the sky is visible in the open sections

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 26

Work that pulls you in and yet remains so utterly and defiantly outside of your cultural vocabulary. The remarkable Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition at a Tate Modern late in London last night. #EmuDreamings

Small detail of painting by Emily Kam Kngwarray with brown white grey and pinkish dots creating lines and networks and in some instances depicting the three toed emu foot

Large exhibition room at Tate Modern with series of hanging batiks in shades of ochre white rust and orange by Emily Kam Kngwarray

Another detail of an Emily Kam Kngwarray image showing emu travelling with three toed footprints and pink brown and blueish dots clustering around a central depiction of a waterhole created with blues and creams

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jul 18

Jersey tiger in the garden

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congratulations to Professor Julie Brown, Professor Emerita of Music at Royal Holloway, who has been awarded Fellowship by @britishacademy.bsky.social!

The Fellowship recognises her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

More: ow.ly/OJMz50WrSbl

Professor Julie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Music

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jul 16

Now recognised as one of the UK's best green spaces 🌲

We're delighted that our Egham campus has received a prestigious Green Flag Award, which is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.

Read more: ow.ly/qkLc50Wqslp

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 13

Terrific open day at Wilding Cider in Somerset yesterday. Thanks for the warm welcome and the chance to have a glorious picnic in the shade as well as see the amazing orchards. A wonderful time out from the world for a few hours. 🍎🍐🍾❤️

Picture of ripening cider apples in bright sunshine with text saying Open Day at Wilding Cider in Somerset - Magical Day in Every Sense

Bottle of Wilding Cider’s November Perry and a baguette and some hummus and two glasses on a table in the shade - a summer picnic

Blackboard Sign at entry to farm saying Cider Open 10.30 to 16.00

Inside space at Wilding Cider on a Saturday open day with owners talking guests through different tastings - there are lots of bottles of cider and perry on display. People are listening attentively.

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sometimes all you need is a moon rising to lift the spirits at the end of a long hot tiring day!

The so-called Buck Moon rising in Surrey on the edge of London. It is a striking orange red colour as it rises up above greenery …

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're pleased to share another year of improvement in the National Student Survey (NSS)!

The results, based on student feedback, reflect another positive step in our ongoing mission to deliver exceptional education and student experience. 👏

#NSS2025

82.9% overall positivity score, up from 80.8% last year (National Student Survey 2025)

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Eric ⛰️🌞 @ericmeleney.bsky.social · Jul 9

The CAPRICORN ♑️ FULL MOON JULY 10- is a moon of reckoning.
Not in fear, but in remembering who you are without the noise.

#sunset #sky #astrology #mindfulness #nature #moon #inspiration #zodiac #healing #energy #mountains

Sunset sky over Colorado mountain peaks, green wildflower meadows and melting snow under a rising full moon.

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Colorado, Mountains, Peaks, GreenFields, Wildflowers, SnowBanks, SunsetSky, Outdoors, NaturePhotography, MountainSunset,
Mindfulness, Meditation, Well‑being, SelfCare, Clarity, Grounding, Reflection, Intentions, Rituals, SpiritualGrowth, ConsciousLiving,
FullMoon, MoonMagic, Astrology, FullMoonRitual, CapricornSeason, MoonInCapricorn, LunarEnergy, WaningMoon, Moonrise, NatureTherapy, MindfulMoments, OutdoorWellness

By Eric Meleney @redcranehealth

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 8

Superstar passed by the window on campus today … 🐻‍❄️ #Colossus

View of Colussus a large white polar bear mascot through a sash window. Some trees and balustrades can be seen behind

Back view of Colossus being helped down the stairs - of of his large black boots is visible

Another back view of Colossus with both boots visible - he is waking with intent

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 6

Would have loved to hear that …

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 5

Couldn’t think of anyone better for the role, Rachel. ❤️

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Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jul 3

It was good to welcome you here today, Chris. Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Julie Sanders @profjsanders.bsky.social · Jun 30

And so after an amazing final day at London’s Stratford Olympic Park site yesterday full of community, dance, procession and wonder @theherds.bsky.social move on … wish I was going with. 🐘🐺📦🚚

Large puppet elephant manouvered by several puppeteers makes a stately procession out of the Olympic Park beside people buying ice creams and coffee from stalls.

A cardboard box marked Baboon 6 and “This side up”