Halloween Pumpkin Pics #PumpkinVase
For those of you who have followed me on twitter you may have noticed that around early October my feeds hums with the various designs I challenge myself with. You… Read more »
Halloween Podcast #NightoftheLivyDead2
Last year I sat down with a guest and we chatted about stories from ancient history and how they track against modern day horror. It turned into a two-part podcast… Read more »
Podcast – Greek and Roman bathing
In this podcast I’m discussing how the Romans and Greeks bathed, probably. I start with the development of bathing, what made Menelaus the Liberace of rubber-ducky time and finish with… Read more »
Star Wars music played using ancient Greek instruments
Ever wonder what this would sound like? Check out this YouTube video.
Labouring the part – Hercules in cinema
In many ways Hercules is perfectly suited to feature in film, his adventuring and all-action attitude makes for a good story. Oh, and for bonus points he’s ripped. Yet his… Read more »
Pompeii and Herculaneum. The dead and their secrets.
Recently I took two earlier podcasts I had recorded and combined into one single Pompeii podcast, it covers the history of Pompeii and the events of the eruption. If you… Read more »
Ostracism, a very tall woman and tyrants. (Podcast)
In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There’s also a brief chat about… Read more »
My vlog on the Battle of Cannae
August 2nd 216 BC is traditionally the date for the Battle of Cannae. What better way to understand it better than via my vlog on it from a few years… Read more »
Ancient History Apparel! #AntiquiTshirts
Recently I have been expanding my collection of ancient history themed t-shirts and I thought I’d post about where I bought them from. It’s great to support the artists behind… Read more »
Argonauts Assemble! Interesting YouTube clip
Saw this on twitter and it seems that someone’s had the great idea of recreating the Argo, looks quite nifty! Here’s the text from the Youtube clip Original motion picture… Read more »
