Emma Bridges

@emmabridges.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Classical Studies at the Open University. Thinks a lot about making humanities education accessible. She/her

Three tiny posies: purple violas in a blue glass bottle; tiny pink tulips and pink/white alliums in a cream ceramic bottle; blue periwinkles in a green glass bottle.
A tiny pale green glass ink bottle, a tiny blue glass bottle and a ceramic container once used for storing cream.
Tiny tulips with star-shaped flower heads growing at the base of a tree. The outer petals are creamy white and they have bright yellow middles.
Star shaped purple and white clematis flowers and their green leaves growing against a fence.
Green shoots poking up against a background of bare soil and fallen leaves.
A wall calendar open on January. The illustration shows a woman dressed in red; yellow and blue with streaming dark hair and an arrow piercing her chest. In the background are two sailing ships.
Completed jigsaw puzzle showing a snowy scene with a little cottage in the centre, two hares in the foreground and a magical-looking night sky with colours ranging from fiery yellow to deep blue, and a shooting star.
Sunset sky in hues of fiery pinks and dusky purples with the silhouette of bare trees
Sunset sky in hues of fiery pinks and dusky purples with the silhouette of bare trees
A large stone pot with several viola plants visible and a layer of gravel (underneath which is a selection of not-yet-visible spring bulbs just waiting to surprise me when they do their magic thing)
Embroidered allium and salvia flowers in shades of purple with green leaves.
Embroidery hoop with an embroidered dahlia flower with a yellow and orange middle and red petals
A bunch of colourful dahlias.
A hardback book by Caroline Lawrence titled 'Pantheon: an illustrated handbook to the Greek gods and goddesses' illustrated by Flora Kirk. The cover features an image of a goddess in blue tones, wearing a gold leafy headdress and a gold earrings.
Vividly coloured single dahlia flower with a yellow middle surrounded by bright red/orange petals.
Flyer for Warriors' Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience by Emma Bridges, with the info 'Order online with AAFLYG6 promotion code to save 30%. Please note that the currency is in UK sterling and US dollars, and the discount is only valid on global.oup.com'
A book called 'The Well Gardened Mind' by Sue Stuart-Smith.