Professor of Anatomy at Sunderland University, anatomist, educator, researcher, runner, yoga enthusiast. Views are my own

Sunderland, England
Joined July 2011
🫀🎶 World Anatomy Day is coming! Join us @FireStationSun | Sun 18 Oct | 10am–4pm to discover the amazing human body through music, movement & anatomy! FREE entry - book now! 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-ana… 🎥 youtu.be/ieNy8NLX2pw #WorldAnatomyDay #Sunderland #Anatomy #Science
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On stage right now at @FireStationSun #WorldAnatomyDay event is the fabulous @EvieMDonald explaining which animals would win which Olympic events and why.
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#WorldAnatomyDay how do we see and move our eyes? Our amazing opthamology expert Anne and her brilliant students are telling us how it all works. @UOSHealthandSC @TeessideUni @durham_uni @AdamRouilly @RotarySSC@sunderlanduni @FireStationSun
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#worldanatomyday how do your fingers move? Figure it out by building your a mechanical finger (to take home with you!) with the amazing illustrators from @sunderlanduni @NickLewis and his amazing students!
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Whatever you do today … do not miss our stage shows!!! And Nick, our amazing illustrator, he will help you design your very own superhero - so start thinking about your hero’s super powers !   @nicklewis  @UKMusicCity  @FireStationSun  @AdamRouilly    @RotarySSC
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#WorldAnatomyDay @NickLewis on stage right now @FireStationSun helping the audience think about anatomy to design their own mythical creature @UOSHealthandSC @TeessideUni @durham_uni @AdamRouilly @RotarySSC@sunderlanduni
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#WorldAnatomyDay so much fun exploring the occupational brain with our fabulous occupational therapy team and their students - this team are fully occupied today! @sunderlanduni @TeessideUni @FireStationSun @UKMusicCity @durham_uni @anat_soc @AdamRouilly
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#WorldAnatomyDay Our amazing colleagues from @TeessideUni show our visitors what it is like to see beneath the skin – we are searching for anatomical treasure today ! @FireStationSun
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#WorldAnatomyDay Restart the heart! learn how to do CPR with our fabulous paramedic students! What’s valuable skill to learn ! @UOSMedicine @UOSHealthandSC @AdamRouilly @RotarySSC @FireStationSun
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Pin the organ on you grown up! Do you know where everything is?! @UOSMedicine @TeessideUni @durham_uni #worldanatomday
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On stage right now is the fabulous @EvieMDonald explaining which animals would win which Olympic events and why! #WorldAnatomyDay @FireStationSun @UOSMedicine
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#worldanatomyday how do your fingers move? Figure it out by building your a mechanical finger (to take home with you!) with the amazing illustrators from @sunderlanduni @NickLewis and his amazing students!
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And we are off! It is time to celebrate World Anatomy Day! We are sold out and thrilled to be at the Fire Station in Sunderland to tell you all about your amazing human body! #WorldAnatomyDay @FireStationSun @UOSMedicine
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Another DO NOT MISS #WorldAnatomyDay event - Bits & Bobs: The Anatomy of Sex IS BACK at the Great North Museum: Hancock 15th October, 6-9pm @NorthEastTweets @FireStationSun @UKMusicCity @sunderlanduni lnkd.in/e-csRynM
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World Anatomy Day calling ! Join us @FireStationSun in Sunderland on Sunday 18th Oct 2026 (10-4) to learn about the amazing human body! QR code here to book your FREE!!! World Anatomy Day 2026 Tickets, Sunday, October 18  •  10 AM - 4 PM | Eventbrite
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🧠🎶 WORLD ANATOMY DAY IS COMING TO SUNDERLAND! 🫀🦴 FREE EVENT! @FireStationSun on Sun 18 Oct 10am–4pm to discover the amazing human body! Expect fun, hands-on activities exploring movement, muscles & more. eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-ana…
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Today I turn 30 YEARS OLD, which means it’s been 14 YEARS since I was on #EducatingYorkshire. Incredibly, I’m now the SAME AGE Mr Burton was when he changed my life. As I say goodbye to my 20s, I dedicate this post to the life-changing teachers who never gave up on me. Thank you
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I will return to this paragraph by C. S. Lewis at least once a week until the day I die
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World Anatomy Day 2026 - tell your friends and book your tickets folks - join us @FireStationSun Sun 18th Oct 10-4 @VisitSundUK @UKMusicCity @UniOfSunComms1 @bccet @FutureSunlun @poprecsltd @ChildrenNE @ParentingNE @NorthEastTweets
🫀🎶 World Anatomy Day is coming! Join us @FireStationSun | Sun 18 Oct | 10am–4pm to discover the amazing human body through music, movement & anatomy! FREE entry - book now! 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-ana… 🎥 youtu.be/ieNy8NLX2pw #WorldAnatomyDay #Sunderland #Anatomy #Science
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Decided to step back in time tonight. I and my two siblings were brought up by our mum after a very heavy family divorce involving the police, and being in care for a little while. My heroic mum did all she could for us on her own. We even sold the apples off a tree in the garden of our council house door to door, so we could eat. There vertually no social services back then. How she managed I will never know. Every now and then when we were out in a shopping precinct near us, she would take us in to the co.op cafe and buy us this special treat ...(egg, chips and peas with a slice of bread and butter) I can't tell what a treat it was for us kids. She did this with next to nothing, and three kids to feed. She died young of breast cancer. But I have never forgotten this meal, and tonight, with my wife at work, I decided to make it as I remember it. It was delicious. God bless you my dear mum, I will never forget what you did for us x
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