Odysseus escaping the cave of Polyphemos

I’m delighted to share the cover for my new popular history book Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome, to be published by Atlantic Books in April 2025. It’s available to preorder in hardback & ebook from your bookseller of choice, so LFG!

✨NEW POMPEII VIDEO!✨ Dr Sophie Hay and I got together and made a video of The Casts Of Pompeii comic she advised me on. My husband chipped in for Fiorelli. We all apologise for the accents. The Casts of Pompeii - explaining the Fiorelli Process youtu.be/zWXnTsTnGYM

#AcademicChatter #AcademicX

An exciting new series 'Women in Ancient Cultures' for Liverpool University Press has launched this summer. Three (!) titles are out already. I am delighted to co-edit this book series with Marta Ameri, Dr. Virginia L. Campbell, Amy Gansell, Dr Mai Musié (ሙሴ), Irene Salvo, and @DrUsherwood. #Classics

So proud of our work to bring this series to fruition.

Including some random info provided by me! #RomanHistory

This looks most excellent!

That article about elections in #AncientRome? Guilty. Obvs, it's a lot of #Pompeii.

Want to read about #elections that are less anxiety inducing than what is happening today in the US? Here's my article in History Today on what happened when #AncientRome and #Pompeii campaigned. #USElection2024 historytoday.com/archive/featur…

Happy Gladiator Day to all who celebrate! I am going to the cinema for the first time since before the pandemic. I think we all know why. (And yes there will be a blog post soon). #AncientHistory #Gladiator2

A few thoughts (and hopefully no spoilers) on Gladiator II. pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/the…

Pompeii v. Birmingham. #MosaicMonday

@HolleranClaire has written a fantastic piece for The Conversation - 'Graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome – as Gladiator II shows' Read it here➡️theconversation.com/graffiti-was-a…

This is the start to the Christmas version of The Mummy

Bath time! Such a stunning example of private luxury in #Pompeii. I think we're going to need a lot of bubbles. #AncientRome bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Publication klaxon! My article on women working in the bars of #Pompeii and the #graffiti evidence of sex work has been published. If you were in Cuma 2022 / Carmona 2023 it's that paper. Anyone want a copy let me know. #AncientRome

“You see, senators, I knew nothing of the conspiracy but one of Catiline’s lot accidentally added me to the chat.”

A few thoughts on those amazing(!!!) new statues in #Pompeii. #AncientRome pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/f...