So excited to say that my book Multisensory Living in Ancient Rome is published today! I can’t believe it’s finally here - It’s a fabulous feeling ! 😁😃🎉🍾#multisensoryliving #ancientRome

So delighted to have recorded this podcast with the fabulous Emily Briffett @historyextra - Really great to have been talking “all you could want to know about Roman houses”. 😃

It’s been fab being on Channel 5’s Pompeii: Life in the City with Kate Lister & @thehistoryguy. As well as talking all things #Roman, I got see the House of the Vettii before opening hours. Amazing 😍 @RoyalHolloway @RHULHistory @ClassicsRHUL

Great to have been filming with Kate Lister talking about lives of the elite in the glorious & recently restored House of the Silver Wedding for the 2nd episode of Channel 5’s series #Pompeii - Life in the City. @RoyalHolloway @RHULHistory @ClassicsRHUL

Funny seeing myself on TV talking about life in #Pompeii on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy & Dr Kate Lister. Great experience! 😃 First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday. @rhulhistory @royalholloway @ClassicsRHUL

Paid internship for University of York students 😊 As part of the #EnhancingAD project, funded by the AHRC, we have an internship focusing on post sound and working with the amazing Nina Hartstone. Students would be working from home or university

Something a little different today. Joining the @ifrauk & @odeuropa for a day looking at #olfactoryheritage and why our intangible olfactory heritage matters. Also context of ratification of the convention on intangible cultural heritage. Great to share a table with @chattyplatty

The last two words give the game away. They are the words Cato used to insist that Rome’s enemy be obliterated - Ceterum censeo (Cathaginem esse delendam). So the man talks out of both sides of his mouth in saying he wants “peace” and then in barely disguised code demands the

The events this week confirm for me the opinion I expressed in my last post. Pleased as I am that our PMs visit to Washington seemed to be reasonably successful, it is hard not to see the entire week as a performative pantomime orchestrated by Trump. He placated France and the

It would take seven patriotic Republicans to stop this. Only seven. And we can’t even find one

It is a sickening feeling to know that the American president and vice president are the "bad guys," indeed the thugs, and the visiting head of state is the "good guy." Trump and Vance are horrible people.

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

What TikTokers get wrong in their viral 'history' videos: 'Healthy' and 'modern' people during the Black Death, the wrong kind of eruption at Pompeii and 'absurd' WWI uniforms in the trenches Thanks to @GerMilHistory, @chattyplatty and @arakeys https://t.co/NKPZhMllOw via

On the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, our capital stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine who continue to endure unimaginable loss & suffering. London is home to tens of thousands of Ukrainians—we’re grateful for their incredible contribution to our city.

A bit later than usual today for my regular lunchtime stroll around the lovely Founders’ Building @RoyalHolloway where I’m the RLF Fellow, here to help anyone that wants support with their writing! I’m based in @RHULHistory. Follow the @royallitfund to find out more ✍️🫡👍🏼✊💯

Are we Rome? Does ancient Rome have anything to teach us? .. questions that are bound come up on Tuesday 25th when I am talking with Chris Celenza at the Bloomberg Centre in Washington DC. Free in person &online but registration essential

It was really interesting being involved with this article by @YasminRufo from the BBC about the issues of inaccurate AI videos recreating historical events 👇

I spoke with UK Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer. The United Kingdom’s role in fortifying Europe’s defense and security is important for us. We discussed upcoming plans and opportunities. UK’s support matters indeed, and we will never forget the respect the British people have shown

Funding opportunities are now available for the MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Royal Holloway, academic year 2025/6. The deadline for overseas applicants is 31 July 2025, and for home applicants, it is 29 August 2025. More details here: https://t.co/iHyKcLrLGB

Funding is now available for the Intercollegiate MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies @RoyalHolloway! Deadlines are 31st Jul (Overseas) & 29 Aug (UK).📷the fabulous Karanlık Kilise (Dark Church) from Göreme, Kapadokya https://t.co/FHxDECsc0Y

The president’s napoleonic quip about “he who saves his country doesn’t violate any laws” goes back ultimately to Cicero (“salus publica” in De Legibus) and to the conflicts of 63 BC for which Cicero was exiled. Not a great pedigree.