Articles by Jenny Williamson

The living at Hadrian’s Wall wasn’t as austere as you might think for those stationed there–especially in the beginning. Merchants flocked from all over the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks for joining us! Our modern sources include: Hadrian’s Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy Dr. Rebecca Jones. “Africans on the Antonine Wall.” [...Read More...]

What was life like on Hadrian’s Wall? This week, we’re going to explore the living conditions along the Wall–at the forts and the milecastles, in the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! We hope you enjoyed the episode! Behold the beautiful duck brooch: Our modern sources include: Hadrian’s Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy BBC News: [...Read More...]

Hadrian’s Wall is a jaw-dropping engineering achievement stretching 73 miles across hundred-foot-high escarpments and rushing rivers, its earthworks dug deep into [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! We hope you enjoyed the episode! Our modern sources include: Hadrian’s Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Hadrian’s Wall [...Read More...]

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into Welsh mythology from a queer, feminist perspective with the phenomenally talented Welsh artist Mari Catrin Phillips of MythsnTits. [...Read More...]

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If you know anything about Mithras, you might have the impression that he was kind of a proto-Jesus. Turns out that’s wrong. Think of this as less of a seasonal episode, [...Read More...]

The Morrigan has many faces and just as many names: Badb, the scald-crow. Red-haired Macha. Nevin of the battle-frenzy. Fea; the deathly. Be Neit; the Woman of Battle. You [...Read More...]