Roz Cleal

Archaeologist. Barbara Pym fan.

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@Pottedhistory I'm right handed and make Z twist more easily. But that makes S twist impressions. And almost every impression I've ever seen on British Neo pottery is Z twist. Puzzling.

[Paula Moore @Pemberley_Manor]

Is the Golden Age of Detective Fiction your thing? Then you really must listen to @ShedunnitShow. It would even make Hercule Poirot smile.

[Mike Gill @M_J_Gill]

Just noticed this hard to get volume on the Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure near #Avebury is now available open access on the fantastic @OxbowBooks website https://t.co/ldoAaCx3rm. #Archaeology #Neolithic

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

Have been a member of the Barbara Pym society for 25 years - it's simply the friendliest society I know - do try it if you find yourself at all inclined towards Pym!

[Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA @paulajaynebyrne]

I want to thank everyone for the kind words about the @thetimes review. If you love Pym, as I do, please join or support the Barbara Pym society. Excellent Women they are...Barbara-Pym.org

[Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA @paulajaynebyrne]

Just had a lovely chat with @marigoldatkey @WmCollinsBooks and we have both agreed that readers and lovers of Barbara Pym are throughly good and decent eggs. Excellent Women, one and all.

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@MartynBarber2 Sadly, not Alexander Keiller Museum! Not seen them before actually; interesting.

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@Pottedhistory Speaking as one who knows the originals very well, these look very beautiful - you've certainly done them justice Graham!

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@pittsmike Excellent thread Mike. Thank you. Quick work!

[The Gaskell Society @GaskellSociety]

“Wonderfully adapted, with excellent sets and a great cast” - our Chair, Libby Tempest revisits the BBC’s award-winning North and South with @RCArmitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe Find it on Netflix. https://t.co/nVPFcGkJJy

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@NanceSw Thinking of you too Nance.

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@MattLeivers When I met Professor Atkinson while I was working on the Stonehenge 20th century excavations volume in the 1990s I didn't get far with questions about Stonehenge, but he was very forthcoming about his very beautiful cat Finbar!

[Cardiff Uni History, Archaeology and Religion @CUHistArchRel]

The Award goes to... Hon Research Fellow Dr Frances Healy British Neolithic specialist has scooped 2020 @BritishAcademy_Grahame Clark Medal. 👏Congratulations to Frances whose collaborations with Cardiff include international project Times of Their Lives. #archaeology #CUArch100

[Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA @paulajaynebyrne]

Enjoying my very final read through of the Pym canon. Onto Excellent Women. Gosh, these books just better with every read. Perfect Corona comfort read, and much else beside.

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

If you've never tried a Barbara Pym novel, 'Excellent Women', one of her best, is 99p in the June 2020 Kindle Monthly Deals list. (and if you like it, the Barbara Pym Society is great for all things Pym): https://t.co/n8lX4voIJm

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@paulajaynebyrne Personally, I'd be more than happy to read 600 pages on Pym! - really looking forward to seeing your book, please don't trim too much!

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@artefactual_KW Wow - I remember this from my Reading University years (vaguely remember it being more overgrown then). That was many years before I knew where Clatford was or that the stones came from there!

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

@stephencogbill What a fantastic picture, really striking and original. You do seem to have got this taking pictures thing cracked!

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

And these really are good books for bad times - I've just re-read them, again and they're just excellent!

[Katie Etherington @KatieEthers]

That’s my reading sorted for the next few evenings. Finally got round to ordering these novels by @FictionFox which I’ve been meaning to read for years!

[Roz Cleal @RozCleal]

Do try my favourite, Less Than Angels, at some point, too. But they're all wonderful!

[Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA @paulajaynebyrne]

Fascinating to hear so many readers returning to Pym during lockdown. Someone described her novels as ‘good books for bad days.’ If new to her, begin with Some Tame Gazelle. Larkin described it as her Pride and Prejudice.

[Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA @paulajaynebyrne]

A few scattered around the house. I try to collect as many editions as I can.