Save the date for the (en)coding Heritage Seminar Series: From digital mapping projects, to data visualisation, to digital restorations, the series brings together digital research across disciplines. Starting Thurs 13 May, 5pm | Online Further info: tinyurl.com/29v5rnwu

Here's a short piece I wrote in Apollo Magazine on the new floor in the Colosseum. apollo-magazine.com/gladiators-eye…

Some excellent talks on digital heritage coming up in this series from TORCH Oxford

Lovely video about the verse epitaph for a Roman dog, and what it tells us about the ancient 'Lettered World'. From Classics@UnivReading and @petrifiedmuse. Will appeal to those who enjoyed #FLVirtualRome - you may spot bits of my digital Rome model in there. youtube.com/watch?v=tgo4vm…

Very pleased that my reconstruction of the Roman legionary fort at Inchtuthil - originally made for a BBC documentary - has been useful for the Our Heritage Blairgowrie website: ourheritageblair.procom.scot/our-heritage-b…

Huge congratulations to RIBA South Building of the Year – the Library & Study Centre at St John’s College Oxford by Wright & Wright Architects! 🏆 #RIBAAwards Photo DENNIS GILBERT Royal Institute of British Architects St John's College Library, Oxford St John's College Wright & Wright Architects University of Oxford

Today at St John's College I have mostly been in meetings, but have just taken a few minutes out to meet an astronaut. Thanks to Michael Foale and @ISSET_STEM for a very interesting visit.

Very pleased to find somewhere local to buy proper guanciale (Mama’s Way deli in Duke Street - all sorts of good things there). Thanks Edible Reading for the tip-off.

A little piece I wrote for Apollo Magazine on an exciting mosaic find in London. ‘The well-to-do Britons with a penchant for Roman panache’ apollo-magazine.com/southwark-mosa…

How do we evaluate the success of public engagement events? Join SEAHA on Wednesday 18 May to explore the impact, benefits and drawbacks of "mobile" science engagement. Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/evaluating-a…

Great work on science and public engagement with heritage, from a UCL team including St John's College Dr Jenny Richards.

Today we officially welcome Professor Dame Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome DBE, OBE to College as our 37th President 🎉 Read more about Sue on our website here 👇 ow.ly/2TRh50Kxvrg

Fantastic to read this FutureLearn blog about bringing the Baths of Caracalla to life in a digital model on our #onlinecourse with Matthew Nicholls. Rome: A Virtual Tour is being facilitated until 27 Nov! futurelearn.com/info/blog/anci…

Really looking forward to speaking on digitally reconstructing Rome at this symposium on Tuesday. I’ll be talking about #FLVirtualRome among other things. Re-Creation: Digital Technology and the Interpretation of Heritage Properties at Conway Hall. ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/25-re…

Here's what William Byrd, and the participants at yesterday's excellent Stile Antico 'Come and Sing' at University Church, think of the BBC's appalling decision to disband the BBC Singers. #WeAreTheBBCSingers #KeepSinging #SavetheBBCSingers

Had fun today recording with mary beard for some BBC Radio 4 programmes on the Romans. Galen, Sulpicius the boy poet, and Turia. Broadcast in November.

Hear about public libraries in the Roman world with Matthew Nicholls on Tuesday 5 December, 5.30pm, at London's Senate House. Further details & booking here: bit.ly/RomanLibraries IES. Please note: this seminar is in-person & will not be recorded. Image: Statui de Daci

Very pleased to hear one of my little bits in mary beard's 'Being Roman' on BBC Radio 4 selected in this week's Pick of the Week - the curious afterlife of the tomb of the Roman boy poet Sulpicius Maximus. It was lots of fun to make. Six intriguing lives to listen to!

📌CLASSICAL RECEPTION 2.0. DIGITAL ANTIQUITIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE PAST Matthew Nichols (University of Reading), “Virtual Rome – A Digital Model of the Ancient City”. Matthew Nicholls #workshop #classicalreception2.0

Last in the series of Being Roman, Tues BBC Radio 4 + Sounds. We discuss the hustler Caecilius Iucundus of Pompeii with ida , Matthew Nicholls & Robert Harris (who discusses the distance and familiarity of the Roman world). Do listen!