Julius Caesar. Augustus. Tiberius. Caligula. Claudius. Nero. Galba. Otho. Vitellius. Vespasian. Titus. Domitian. THE TWELVE CAESARS. My new translation of Suetonius for Penguin Classics - out in February, & available for pre-order now! penguin.co.uk/books/279727/t…

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to the several people who will see this and everyone else.

Thrilled to see my designs for Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party out in the wild!

TONIGHT on BBC Two a brand new episode of the ‘The New Dig’ which lovingly follows the excavation of the latest discoveries in #Pompeii including the bathhouse, two of the occupants of the house and their possessions. Watch tonight 20th Jan 9pm BBC Two bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This is certain to be wildly entertaining! And thank you to Tom Holland for thinking of my portrait of an emperor to promote it.

Arguably one of the greatest creative tools in history.

The age of sporks is upon us.

Our government will always choose the worst and most disappointing of all possible options at every juncture.

An imagined Suburan afternoon in Ancient Rome.

THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN

Seems like an apt moment to share a picture I took on the roof of St Peters.

The oppressive and dystopian Westminster tube station, London.

The best introduction to a building in London, the South Kensington tunnel exit to the Natural History Museum.

Why does every image I've seen for this look so gloomy? It's a Mediterranean story!

Pleased to have created another poster for Russell Crowe’s Indoor Garden Party. What are you waiting for my Antipodean brothers and sisters? Get to the Enmore!

So deserved.

Ho Ho Ho! It’s Raskolnikov from Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment in his grim lodgings. The greatest novel I have had the pleasure of reading.

Raskolnikov’s Redemption

A Happy New Year to all.