Dr Robyn Atcheson

Random yet inspiring. Historian of poverty & history of medicine. Chronic conditions& messed up body. Eccentric. Personification of pink. Eater of biscuits.

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

Yes, my PhD won't "keep me warm at night" and apparently marriage is the only event that can change your title but my relationship with my thesis was the longest and truest rship I've ever been in. #lovestory
So, even if it makes you uncomfortable, it's Dr...
#ImmodestWomen

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

Thrilled to have the Belfast workhouse burial ground finally marked.

Tens of thousands of the poor were buried here in unmarked graves. Now they are finally remembered.

https://t.co/gUmmj80GdY

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

So thrilled that the workhouse burial ground will be marked in Belfast this year!
Thanks to @RTERadio1 for covering this story today.

https://t.co/wa1j9spbyb

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

@MartinJMagill @belfastcc @BBCMarkSimpson Thank you Martin

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

For more info on the workhouse burial ground and my research, check out my website
https://t.co/7Lt51bIwlo

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Belfast City Council has been urged to formally mark a hidden burial ground containing more than 10,000 bodies dating back to the Irish famine. https://t.co/rd8GChSauU

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

You can catch my interview about the Irish witches at the 33 minute mark on catch up now https://t.co/HMMImlPMyk

Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on the good times...

Blame it on the Butter Witch.

#historywitch

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

I'll be on @bbcradioulster this afternoon between 3 and 4pm chatting all things Irish witches and the history of the Islandmagee witch trials of 1711!
#womenshistory #twitterstorians

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

It's really great that my employer kicks me out of my staff email every summer when I'm not technically an employee for 10ish weeks.
Really helpful. 0/10.

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

Brief explainer on Belfast's pauper burial grounds at the beginning of the 19th century

#belfasthistory #irishhistory #twitterstorians

https://t.co/ulcYqXj2V4

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

@JoeHarley1988 This looks like a fascinating read. Congrats!
Looking forward to reading it.

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

Today was my first day "off" in a while.
I had good intentions.
But, instead, I watched Part 1 of #BRIDGERTON Season 3.
I have no regrets.

[Royal Institution (now on Bluesky) @Ri_Science]

The moment we stopped watching Bridgerton

Let us explain ...

Things were going great and we were really getting into Season 3.

That is until we watched this scene unfold before our eyes ....

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

I am a busy bee at the moment. Teaching, running a small business, helping my fiancé renovate a house and planning a wedding.

So why won't my brain stop zipping me new research ideas?
#historian

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

@AineGroogan Was a highlight of the year for me and my pals.
Would love to see it come back and, as a historian, would love to share some lesser-told parts of our city's history at it too, one day!

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

One of my favourite Belfast women!

https://t.co/bdd0E83SuB

#belfasthistory #twitterstorians #womenshistory #belfast

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

the soft play

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

*adds York Minister Cathedral to my historical tour wishlist*

[Dr Robyn Atcheson @randomrobyn]

@milnem @HSTMNetwork Used thus exact approach when organising conferences and it worked!
Wish I could be there for this. Looks amazing.