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Hannah O’Regan
@palaeohan.bsky.social
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Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
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Knitting was delayed last night by the need to finish this book. It’s about humanity, landscapes, love & music. The important stuff. I want to buy and give it to people. Just not sure who. Bravo @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Front cover of Tom Cox’s Everything Will Swallow You
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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After 4 months of intermittent knitting, it’s now time to sew up the seams of my cardigan. I know you’re not meant to hurry it, no point ruining something that you’ve taken ages over, but damn, it’s such a dull job. (Also - it’s blue not grey, lighting doing it no favours)
Photograph of a pile of auburn and dark blue knitted on a dining table with lots of ends of wool and stitch markers sticking out.
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Not often you get to have lunch with #earlymodern wallpaintings. It’s not warm, but it’s worth it for the history at the Governor’s House in #Newark.
An ancient stone fireplace with a wooden mantel and a wood burning stove in it. There’s a cafe table and chairs in front of it. Above the mantel there are painted grey and white stripes, with alternating red or grey bunting-like painted hangings with a white drop/ tassel in the centre of each.
January 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Titus loves his new Christmas aubergine. #JoinIn
A very large black cat (he’s 7kg) is lying on his side with a c.4 inch long purple aubergine between his front paws. His tummy is facing the camera and his left back foot is coming in to kick the aubergine. Behind him on the carpet is a newspaper with dog treats and a green snuffle mat.
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hmm. Where’s the cat?
The lower branches of a Christmas tree in front of a white-painted bookcase full of the Handbook of the Birds of the World volumes. There is the tip of a black tail just peeking out at the side of the tree.
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Wow. Another fabulous evening with @newmodelarmy.bsky.social at Rock City. So many songs that are so horribly relevant for today, thought we’d left them behind in the 80s. Dear Justin - thank you!
Photo of Justin Sullivan and New Model Army on stage beneath white stage lights.
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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And there it is. Updated with the latest results from work with @thibaut-d.bsky.social & @cartapaniso.bsky.social & the @archaeobears.bsky.social #Boxofficebears , 50 mins of 🐻 from the lateglacial to present in Britain. So much more I could have said! Ta for the invite @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social!
A computer screen showing the title slide of a presentation. There’s a bear cranium on the black background, and the title is Bears: a natural and cultural history. By Hannah O’Regan, university of Nottingham
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Very appropriate footprints at Paddington station - I didn’t have time to queue for a photo with Himself though. #bear #paddington
Photo of red and blue images of bear footprints that are stuck to the flagstones of the station floor. They end in a very large footprint that is opposite the statue of Paddington bear (not shown)
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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‘I’m on my way,
I don’t know where I’m goin’
But luckily Geoff Smith does, and I’m off to share the knowing of 🐻🐻 at the Uni of Reading #archaeology seminars today.
Photo of a sign hanging from a train station roof. It says ‘Nottingham’. There’s a red brick building with large white painted windows behind it.
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The vet nurses said Nell’s their favourite border collie registered at the practice. #proud
A glossy chestnut brown and white border collie with white down her nose, around her shoulders, legs and the tip of her plumed tail. She’s walking on green grass speckled with autumn leaves in red, yellow and brown.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I saw this @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social last night. It was really entertaining with a brilliantly staged zoom meeting. The audience was mystifyingly small - so book now for humour and to watch the fabulous Adele James saying it all with just one eyebrow!
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Theatre flyer for ‘Eureka Day’ by Jonathan Spector, starring Jonathan Coy and Jenna Russell. Running at the Nottingham Playhouse from Sat Oct 25th to Sat Nov 15th.
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I know I’m not team bovid, but it would take a heart of stone not to admire this 10,600 year old Aurochs from Vig in Denmark. #archaeology 🏺
Photo of a huge cattle skeleton - it’s easily 6ft at the shoulder and is stained dark brown after being buried in sediment. It’s standing on a low black shiny plinth and has large forward-curving horncores.
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I’m on hols, so time for a book I haven’t read in a very long time. At least I know I no longer want a cockatoo.
The front cover of a hardback copy of Enid Blyton’s ‘The Island of Adventure’. The image in black and red shows four children and a man in a small sail boat heading for a mountainous island.
July 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Look at this cutie! Gorgeous ceramic cat, c. 8cm long, in the Archaeological Museum, #Sparti. #Caturday #archaeology
Small ceramic cat. It’s made of yellow clay, with a black slip. The face is light with black whiskers and the rest of the body is black (except for the damaged bits). Its tail is curving over its back and it’s posed as if ready to pounce. If it was alive it would probably be wiggling its bottom ready to pounce.
June 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Had a fabulous day at this temple to the natural world yesterday. Looking forward to more adventures with 🐻 in the collections today. #naturalhistorymuseum
A photo of the front entrance of the natural history museum at night. It’s taken from over the road so you can see the huge Romanesque arch over the main door, and a tower with steeple either side. It could be a gothic cathedral, but it ain’t!
June 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Sorting things out at my mother’s. Astonishing what has been hiding in boxes.
A poster with a picture of a chimpanzee. It says ‘Wits 75th jubilee. Special lecture, Dr Jane Goodall. The World Renowned Expert. Your once-off chance to hear her talk on “Chimpanzees - so like us” Mon 24th February 1997. 13h00. The auditorium, Johannesburg Hospital. Entrance free. First come first seated DON’T MISS OUT - YOU’LL REGRET IT! It’s held down at the top by an orange flexible plastic dinosaur buggy from the NHM circa 1980.
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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What an evening of absolute joy. Well done Wrestling Resurgence and 1623. Midsummer Madness by BARDCORE is fantastic 🥳
A golden-haired woman dressed in green with fairy wings stands at the front centre of a wrestling ring. The ring is lit in blue with a spot on the actor, and the words ‘Bardcore Wrestling’ with the logo of a feather wrapped in barbed wire and dipped in split red ink, is on the front fabric drop covering the ring.
May 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Do people want to see #Wrestling + #Shakespeare? The answer is clear - only 10 tickets left!! Grab yours now (if you still can!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bardcore-m...
Image of an instagram post showing a poster for BARDCORE wrestling - Midsummer Mayhem - at Nottingham Lakeside Arts on Saturday 10th of May. A big banner across the poster says ‘10 tickets remaining’.
May 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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May we all experience some of the joy of an elderly collie with a snuffle ball.
Photo of a brown and white collie dog nosing a ball made of soft wads of fabric in different colours - red, green, cream and yellow. The fabric is all folded up, a bit like if you were trying to make a rose from fabric, and then put together in a shape of a ball. The folds in the fabric allows it to hold treats. The photo is fuzzy and out of focus because both the dog and ball are moving.
April 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Dandelions 😍
Two large bright yellow almost furry looking dandelion flowers with a small flower just peeking through at the back. The leaves are visible and the plants have pushed up through tarmac.
April 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Saw this last night. Very powerful and thought provoking. Power, love, envy, hate. A play for our times written in 1592.
A dark stage. In the centre a coffin on a bier covered in a red flag with three golden leopards on it. Atop the coffin a crown, orbs and sceptre, with a huge golden crucifix at one end. Two shafts of light highlight the crown. Front page of a theatre programme. The men clutching and about to kiss one another in a passionate embrace. The cover is dark and they’re lit with red from behind. The text says ‘RSC, 24/25 season. Edward II by Christopher Marlowe.’
April 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Beautiful flowers on the mammilaria. There are still some lovely things in the world. #TinyJoys
A cactus so covered in long white hairs you can’t see the body of the plant. On the top is a ring of six bright pink flowers with yellow pollen in the centres. It’s in bright sunshine and just looks lovely.
April 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Sad 🦊 for #WeirdBone Monday
Photo of a fox tibia which has broken and healed so that it is very curved and has a huge nobble on the mid-shaft where the break was. Three paper clips next to it for scale.
March 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I had a fab day at the Northern Ceramics Society Spring meeting in Keele. Great speakers and loads of lovely pots from the 18th to 21st centuries. A huge amount of knowledge in the room too - if you have a query about British ceramics, someone there may well have the answer!
Photo of pots on a table. These are just a few of the many that were on display. They include a pale blue ashtray, three jugs, three plates, three mugs and a Staffordshire flat back. In the background are display cases containing more pots.
March 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Finally. It is time. Hard to believe I’ve got this far without ever reading it.
Front cover of the book ‘the clan of the cave bear’ by Jean M. Auel. ‘The international bestselling phenomenon’. There’s a picture of a snowy forest at the bottom and a faux cave art picture of a bear on all fours and walking to the right in the middle.
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM