Articles by Jenny Williamson

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...]

Become a Patron! Check out MythsnTits’ Etsy store or find her on [...Read More...]

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...]

Become a Patron! Here is a picture of a cow with BOOTS, courtesy of AHFG fan and patron Ratheon Hudson: Here is a Celtic coin of the Boii tribe from the 2nd or 1st century [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources for this episode include: Plutarch’s On the Bravery of Women (Loeb Classical Library edition) Cassius Dio’s Roman History [...Read More...]