Thank you Assyrian Cultural Foundation for having me, I had a great time!

I talked to Dave Musgrove about what we can learn from the Mesopotamians about worrying - check it out here 👇

Had a great time with HistoryExtra talking about witchcraft and wizardry in the library of Ashurbanipal, now out here!

He's back! Are you kidding??? (thanks to Legboot for this one)

When I read history or mythology of the region I search for this map of the Mediterranean that’s tilted by 90 degrees. It somehow makes the Mediterranean Sea look even smaller and is confusing to look at buuuut it forces me to look at the region differently. Source:

I am so excited to join Tom Hodgkinson at the Idler on June 5th to talk about all things Mesopotamia! idler.co.uk/product/a-drin…

Great news from Nineveh! Heidelberg University's team unearthed a stone relief depicting Ashurbanipal and major Assyrian deities. sci.news/archaeology/as…

Took a break from the book tour to speak about liver divination at Melammu Symposium 25 in Sofia! My talk was on what I have learned from my practical experiments forecasting elections. What a beautiful university

Introducing Mesopotamia's most famous demon! historyextra.com/period/ancient…

There’s a lot to worry about in the world. But that’s nothing new. The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians were very big on worrying, and also very proactive about trying to deal with it, says Selena Wisnom. What can we learn from them to assuage our anxieties? historyextra.substack.com/p/give-away-yo…

Just been to this brilliant exhibition for the third time - Satta Hashem’s ‘A World of Colour and Emotion’ at Leicester Museum and Art gallery. And got a tour from the artist himself! It closes at the end of June - do go if you can!

Anyone who can’t see yellow come check out the library of Ashurbanipal!

I’ll be performing at this year’s Idler Festival which is at the beautiful Fenton House, Hampstead 11-13 July. You’ll be able to see me join Stewart Lee, Emma Thompson, Michael Palin, and more. Tickets can be found here: idler.co.uk/festival - Don’t miss out!

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Super impressed with the illustrations for the Chalke History Festival talks! Thank you for having me and for the great conversation!