Juliet Robertson is a retired education consultant specialising in outdoor learning and play and the author of two popular books, Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths. In 2024 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Education from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in recognition of her pioneering work and significant contribution to education. 

Juliet received an unexpected blood cancer diagnosis at the end of 2020 which altered her life trajectory. She began writing poetry in 2021 as a way of making sense of her illness, treatment and prognosis. She discovered that sharing her poetry was a gateway to necessary, but not easy, conversations with family and friends.

Articles and interviews available

Juliet is available for interview, expert comment or bylined articles on a range of topics, such as:

• When life doesn’t stop: the reality of managing a prolonged terminal prognosis.
• Finding a creative outlet for living life with cancer.
• When your “new normal” isn’t normal or new.
• When “Sadmin” becomes “Gladmin” – the relief of getting everything in order.
• Do I really want a living funeral? 

View the press release for Blood Lines here.

She has written updates on her health journey which can be read here.

She expands upon her poetry here.

Click here to read Juliet's podcast with Earthly Chats.

Click here to listen to Juliet’s podcast with Wild Minds about outdoor learning and play.

Click here to read Juliet Robertson’s outdoor learning blog.