Our new Instant Classics podcast is on the Parthenon. Not its modern controversies, but its ancient ones! Was it OTT? tinyurl.com/y9rcp6zj

🚨 Publication day for this brilliant choose-your-own-adventure book! 🥳

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25 #ClassicsTober25

Friends in UK/ those with friends in UK, please share widely! 🤗 @corabeth.bsky.social @lucianixon.bsky.social @armanddangour.bsky.social @gregwoolf.bsky.social @lejenksbrown.bsky.social @emilylhauser.bsky.social

This review of YOU ARE ODYSSEUS by @csmfht.bsky.social knocked me out of my shoes! (And made me really want to eat pudding…) csmfht.substack.com/p/the-ultima...

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

I didn't take paracetamol when pregnant (it upsets my stomach), but mysteriously my child was still born autistic. I can't imagine why... 😂

extremely lucky to have friends like @mythsbaby.bsky.social who wrote the Foreword for YOU ARE ODYSSEUS! My lovely mailing list have been treated to an early preview of Liv’s brilliant words that introduce the book - as well as a pre-order giveaway!

✨ICYMI✨ We have released a textbook for National 5 Classical Studies, the first book of its kind, and it’s FREE to download. Please share! www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...

Truth in fiction: deconstructing the book blurb. #publishing #novel #humour

These animations are lovely - and it was such a treat to attend the launch event last night! 💖

I love #ClassicsTober every year, seeing all the amazing arts, poems, threads, and written pieces based on daily prompts filling my feed! Can't wait. This year's #ClassicsTober25 theme is Katabasis, the Greek term for a descent (into the underworld). #AncientBluesky 🏺🗃️

October is nearly here... 🥳

I'm thrilled to be shortlisted for Most Innovative Teacher Award at the Times Higher Education Awards!!! 🎉 Good excuse to buy a new dress?

My review of You Are Odysseus, the forthcoming Choose Your Own Adventure book from @greekmythcomix.bsky.social (it's brilliant, by the way!). Being Odysseus – Classical Studies Support classicalstudies.support/2025/09/08/b...

Thank you, @naomialderman.bsky.social, for choosing my Aeneid-in-27-minutes as a BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Week! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🎧 Aeneid podcast here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Given the news about Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time, now might be a good time to share this list (thanks to Paul Cartledge for the reminder!) keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...

I’ve been away from social media for a while - I’ve been lurking instead of actually posting! But I’m back now & looking forward to building my network on here. Quite a bit has changed recently & I’m thrilled to say that I’ve been awarded funding from the OOC DTP for the remainder of my #PhD.

My piece for the Sing, O Muse Art Zine :] Coming out in October! Make sure to keep an eye out for that!! Circe #odyssey

A treat to start September! My Women's Prize-shortlisted novel about the Trojan War, A Thousand Ships, is just £3.99 on Audible. Read by the author... 🌊 This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all... 👉 www.audible.co.uk/pd/A-Thousan...

Finally finished my illustration for @singomusezine.bsky.social - can't wait to see the full spooky edition released in October, featuring a whole bunch of amazing artists! 🎃 Here's a sneak peek...

SEPTEMBER SPECIAL! Back to work today, but with the happy news that THE ROADS TO ROME is only 99p on Kindle all month so you can get away from it all in virtual fashion and enjoy the ancient routes. www.amazon.co.uk/Roads-Rome-H...

a little spoiler of my piece for @singomusezine.bsky.social zine👁️🌾

For those of you who have followed the many adventures of John and his husband, this is absolutely gutting news. What a wonderful guy - a complete joy. I don't even know what to say ...

This is so very sad.

NEW EPISODE!!! This week on You’re Dead To Me is a very funny romp through the extraordinary military career of Hannibal of Carthage, the man who came close to bringing Rome to its knees Our guests are the hilarious Darren Harriott and the brilliant ancient historian @josephinequinn.bsky.social

Oh, that's rather nice!

In the world post-PhD I've been doing various writing projects, some of which are about to see the light of day. Top of the list is Magic in Roman Britain, with Amberley. www.amberley-books.com/current-mont...

Today was my birthday, and I worked right through it - but I managed to reach the end of a project that I've been working on for a year! 🥳

Starting a podcast ("Instant Classics") with Charlotte Higgins at the end of August. One thing we'll be doing (there are plenty others) is reading & discussing the Odyssey over several months. Here's why we chose that tinyurl.com/kfds9tkr

Please remember the neurodivergent kids getting GCSE results that do not make them feel good about themselves. The results they get today do not have to be a defining moment in their life. #GCSEresults #School #SENreform #SEND #EHCP #ActuallyAutistic #autism #ADHD #AuDHD

A new episode of the Classics Podcast just dropped! I'm answering questions what the ancient Egyptians ate and how they married, syncretism in the ancient world, and historical figures I'd *really* like to meet 👇 #AncientBlueSky #Egyptology #Classics open.spotify.com/episode/3PEl...

Check up on your un/under/precariously employed colleagues. We are not okay. The market is garbage and there is just no hope at all.

Today, 9am BST on BBC Radio 4! The brilliant Roman love poet Catullus is the poster boy for teen angst. He feels everything intensely, from the stealing of his favourite napkin to the death of his lover's pet sparrow… My guests are his biographer, Dr @daisydunn.bsky.social, and Prof Llewelyn Morgan!

A new Bad Ancient article is now out. This one has been a while in the making! www.badancient.com/claims/roman...

Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!

My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show… #skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky

This looks exciting!

Accountability skeet: I am now on holiday for a whole week. If you catch me answering emails or doing work, please yell at me!

Reminder - I still have ember cards. If you'd like one, let me know.

I've set up a ko-fi account to try and fund a little bit of my gold research. If (... and i really do mean if!) you felt able to send me the occasional 'coffee' that would be hugely appreciated. 😊 ko-fi.com/tess317409

Generative AI changes what things mean because it focuses on words, not the meaning. It adds words, changes meaning, and makes "plain language" that is not accessible. We know, because we tested it. Generative AI has no place in plain language. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS – pre-orders open! | Greek Myth Comix greekmythcomix.com/2025/07/30/y...

A great reminder that Pasts Imperfect has been quietly doing important work for years now!

Free ebook! (co-edited by my brother-in-law) 🎉

🧿 You Are Odysseus 👁️ - proof copy is here! Don’t let her size put you off - she’s interactive, baby! You choose the sections you read - or just dip in now and again… and again… More info and a peek inside: laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/2025/07/22/y...

A big thank-you to @joewatstein.bsky.social for pulling this together!

So pleased to have an article out (open access) this week about designing for autistic students! 🎉 Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility... The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....