Prof Alice Roberts💙

@theAliceRoberts

Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.

location: Crypt of Lieberkuhn alice-roberts.co.uk Joined March 2011

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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts Oct 29

My reputation stands untarnished.
My book has annoyed exactly those I thought might be annoyed by an economic and political approach to the question of Christian hegemony in Europe.
Anyone resorting to ad feminam remarks - like this from a cleric! - has lost the argument.

Marcus Walker Verified account @WalkerMarcus Sep 9, 2025

I am amused by how thoroughly Alice Roberts has trashed her own reputation by publishing this book.
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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts Oct 7

Blast from the past! I think this was in 2002...

john toole @TooleJohn Oct 2

@theAliceRoberts just watching an early time team, was it one your first tv appearances?

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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts Oct 7

Wondering why our government chose a foreign company to handle NHS data rather than looking closer to home...

Ben Goldacre Verified account @bengoldacre Jul 10

HISTORIC MOMENT

Today at 14:40 Dr Mark Russell from KCL pressed the button to execute the first ever job on the new OpenSAFELY service. Until today, OpenSAFELY was COVID only. Now we are open to critical analyses that improve all patient care, on GP records, securely, at scale.

PICS!

THREAD!

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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts Sep 1

It's publication day for my first historical novel:
The Goddess Queen! The intertwined story of Cleopatra and Antonius set against the geopolitics of the Mediterranean, 2000 years ago...

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Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts Aug 24

Mehdi Hasan's open letter to Louise Haigh:
"Under Article I of the Genocide Convention – which the UK acceded to back in 1970 – “contracting parties” have a duty “to prevent and to punish” genocide. It’s a “binding duty” per the UN"
open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/p/…

zeteo.uk You Called Gaza a Genocide Last Year, Louise Haigh. So Why Not Act Now You’re in Government? Mehdi pens an open letter to the most powerful woman in the British government on the need for action – especially sanctions – against Israel’s ongoing genocidal crimes in Gaza.