Print the Legend! HNS 2026

(Photo courtesy of Sophie Perinot)

The (in)famous green jacket and I went to the very green island of Ireland for this year’s Historical Novel Society conference.

West of Dublin, Maynooth University is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and combines historical roots with modern technology.

I was delighted to contribute […]

How did Romans cope with eclipses?

Yesterday, the world jostled, thrilled and was overcome with excitement by the total eclipse of the sun by the moon. We’ve had scientific explanations, videos of eclipse-chasers setting out, scenes from Burgos in Spain where rooms and hotels had been booked for months, even years to see the 100% eclipse. News headlines and social […]

Public bathing – My visit to the past

Painting of Baths of Caracalla by Laurence Alma Tadema

Baths were such an intrinsic part of the Roman world that we can’t think of one without the other. Everybody went to the baths – everybody. Read how here.

Well, none of us like to smell. A recent trip to the former bathhouse in […]