Fantastic Bones: Thestral
May 11, 2018
Welcome to the third instalment of Fantastic Bones! We’re looking at another winged horse this week – there’s a lot of them – and today we’re doing the most metal of them all: the Thestral!
Fantastic Bones: Niffler
May 4, 2018
On this instalment of Fantastic Bones and Where To Find Them we’re going to look at an animal with slightly simpler anatomy than last week’s hexapod Hippogriff! So please welcome our creature of the week – it’s everyone’s favourite adorable thief, the Niffler! Nifflers Nifflers are small, long-snouted creatures with fluffy black fur[1]. In appearance they … More Fantastic Bones: Niffler
Fantastic Bones: Hippogriff
April 26, 2018
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Fantastic Bones and Where to Find Them! You can follow along on twitter with the hashtag #FantasticBones. For our first instalment we’re going to look at the creature that started it all – the hippogriff! Hippogriffs Perhaps best known as the delightful but easily offended Buckbeak from the Harry … More Fantastic Bones: Hippogriff
Fantastic Bones and Where to Find Them
April 25, 2018
Welcome to an exciting new blog series that I’m doing called Fantastic Bones and Where to Find Them! I’ll be looking at mythological creatures and trying to work out their skeletal anatomy. This all was born of a lunchtime conversation in the archaeology lab about hippogriffs, which, as a six-limbed, flying quadruped, must have an intriguing … More Fantastic Bones and Where to Find Them
GUIDE: moving custom dictionary, autocorrect & chart templates
November 16, 2017
Recently I had to have my work laptop replaced with a different model. I’ve been using the machine for around three and a half years, my whole PhD, and I had a lot of custom settings making me more efficient. When I moved to the new machine, I found out just how many I had … More GUIDE: moving custom dictionary, autocorrect & chart templates
The first milking – what were they thinking!?
September 8, 2017
Something’s got my goat. There’s no use crying over spilt milk, but maybe there is use blogging about it so the milk doesn’t get spilt quite so often in the future! I research the time period when people were first milking their animals in Europe – and that usually excites a lot of interest from … More The first milking – what were they thinking!?
EAA 2017 Maastricht
September 6, 2017
I’ve just gotten back from a fantastic conference in the Netherlands! It was the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. This year I was presenting my own PhD research and also giving a paper in lieu for a colleague who couldn’t be there, which would be the first time I had presented at … More EAA 2017 Maastricht
Viva Survivor [4] Corrections
September 5, 2017
This post is the fourth and final in a blog series about the end of my PhD, and deals with the corrections after the viva. You can read about submission, viva prep, and the viva itself, here. The end of the PhD seems like a lot of hoops to jump through. You submit it, you … More Viva Survivor [4] Corrections
Viva Survivor [3] The Viva
August 4, 2017
This post is the third in a blog series about the end of my PhD, and deals with the ACTUAL VIVA. You can read about submission, viva prep, and corrections, here. All my preparing was complete – the day of the viva was upon me! V-Day had arrived! The viva is arguably the most important … More Viva Survivor [3] The Viva
Viva Survivor [2] Viva Prep
August 2, 2017
This post is the second in a blog series about the end of my PhD, in which I prepare for my viva. You can read about submission, the actual viva, and corrections, here. The thesis is submitted! Months of intense work on one thing, suddenly gone. Wait… what do I do now? I had two … More Viva Survivor [2] Viva Prep
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 