Paul Cooper
@paulmmcooper.com
Novelist & podcast maker｜Wrote River of Ink (2016), All Our Broken Idols (2020), Fall of Civilizations (2024)｜Creator of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast @fallofcivilizations.com
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Heard a lot of you chatting shit about Newgrange, and I'll admit it's a solid B-tier henge, but Avebury is the thinking man's henge - it encircles a large part of a village. You can live in a henge.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Heard a lot of you chatting shit about Newgrange, and I'll admit it's a solid B-tier henge, but Avebury is the thinking man's henge - it encircles a large part of a village. You can live in a henge.
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Episode 20 is now available with video!
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes
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December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Episode 20 is now available with video!
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
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Isn’t it wonderful to think that you could bring someone from 2000 years ago to visit their home today - and while so much has changed, to topography - and the very reason for its location - are still the same!
Beneath the #Wiltshire Medieval hilltop town of Malmesbury lies a 9ha Iron Age hillfort
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Isn’t it wonderful to think that you could bring someone from 2000 years ago to visit their home today - and while so much has changed, to topography - and the very reason for its location - are still the same!
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The Carnassarie Standing Stones, situated near Carnassarie Castle in Argyll. A large Bronze Age cairn lies some 150 metres to the north of the stones. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Argyll
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Carnassarie Standing Stones, situated near Carnassarie Castle in Argyll. A large Bronze Age cairn lies some 150 metres to the north of the stones. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Argyll
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Cried over Aeschylus at the airport ✅
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cried over Aeschylus at the airport ✅
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Lovely afternoon wander round the substantial remains of Bury St Edmunds Abbey....
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Lovely afternoon wander round the substantial remains of Bury St Edmunds Abbey....
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Since Christmas is coming up, we're doing another limited run of signed Fall of Civilizations books!
I can write a dedication to whoever you like, so it's the perfect gift for a Fall of Civs fan in your life... Hurry as I'm afraid supply is limited!
LINK: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
I can write a dedication to whoever you like, so it's the perfect gift for a Fall of Civs fan in your life... Hurry as I'm afraid supply is limited!
LINK: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Since Christmas is coming up, we're doing another limited run of signed Fall of Civilizations books!
I can write a dedication to whoever you like, so it's the perfect gift for a Fall of Civs fan in your life... Hurry as I'm afraid supply is limited!
LINK: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
I can write a dedication to whoever you like, so it's the perfect gift for a Fall of Civs fan in your life... Hurry as I'm afraid supply is limited!
LINK: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
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A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I'll be at the Folkestone Book Festival next week talking about Fall of Civilizations, my book and why societies rise and fall. Come and join me!
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/pau...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'll be at the Folkestone Book Festival next week talking about Fall of Civilizations, my book and why societies rise and fall. Come and join me!
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/pau...
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/pau...
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⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
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⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now available for all subscribers! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes **Now available for subscribers!** | Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now available for all subscribers! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
With readings in Old Persian and Ancient Greek, find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
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The first episode of my new series Truly Tradly Deeply is here! We dive into the evolution of the tradwife subculture, how hyper-feminine aesthetics are weaponised by the European far right, and why Phyllis Schlafly was a Lean In Girlboss 💅💖
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Truly Tradly Deeply Episode 1: Introduction — “All I Think About Is Buying Cows”
The first episode of Annie Kelly's 6-part podcast miniseries Truly Tradly Deeply. Cursed Media subscribers have access to the first two episodes right now, plus each new episode as they are released w
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October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The first episode of my new series Truly Tradly Deeply is here! We dive into the evolution of the tradwife subculture, how hyper-feminine aesthetics are weaponised by the European far right, and why Phyllis Schlafly was a Lean In Girlboss 💅💖
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My favourite stretch of the Antonine Wall, the Roman frontier in Scotland, can be found at Dullatur. Here the Wall's enormous ditch is remarkably well preserved, tangible evidence of the impressive scale of this 38-mile-long monument.
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My favourite stretch of the Antonine Wall, the Roman frontier in Scotland, can be found at Dullatur. Here the Wall's enormous ditch is remarkably well preserved, tangible evidence of the impressive scale of this 38-mile-long monument.
#RomanSiteSaturday
#RomanSiteSaturday
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Little Holy Island retreat. Hiked for hours in the dunes. Prayed in the ruins. On the outcrops. By the sea.
Watched the sunset. Waited for the stars to open up. Saw the milky way. Saw a comet fall from the sky. Split into two. Burn up over the land. Red and white coals in the darkness.
Watched the sunset. Waited for the stars to open up. Saw the milky way. Saw a comet fall from the sky. Split into two. Burn up over the land. Red and white coals in the darkness.
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Little Holy Island retreat. Hiked for hours in the dunes. Prayed in the ruins. On the outcrops. By the sea.
Watched the sunset. Waited for the stars to open up. Saw the milky way. Saw a comet fall from the sky. Split into two. Burn up over the land. Red and white coals in the darkness.
Watched the sunset. Waited for the stars to open up. Saw the milky way. Saw a comet fall from the sky. Split into two. Burn up over the land. Red and white coals in the darkness.
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Took an extended lunch break today to enjoy the #autumn colours before the coming winds and rain blow the foliage away.
The river Wear in the #Durham area is lovely in any season, but particularly so in elusive autumn sunshine. 😊
#FinchalePriory
The river Wear in the #Durham area is lovely in any season, but particularly so in elusive autumn sunshine. 😊
#FinchalePriory
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Took an extended lunch break today to enjoy the #autumn colours before the coming winds and rain blow the foliage away.
The river Wear in the #Durham area is lovely in any season, but particularly so in elusive autumn sunshine. 😊
#FinchalePriory
The river Wear in the #Durham area is lovely in any season, but particularly so in elusive autumn sunshine. 😊
#FinchalePriory
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I’m going to have to go back to the Hafod y Porth copper mine high on the slopes of Cwm y Bleiddiad (valley/hollow of the wolf), Eryri for a more detailed look as I didn’t have time yesterday. I passed a powder store on the miners track, the managers house & smithy & a nice circular powder magazine
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m going to have to go back to the Hafod y Porth copper mine high on the slopes of Cwm y Bleiddiad (valley/hollow of the wolf), Eryri for a more detailed look as I didn’t have time yesterday. I passed a powder store on the miners track, the managers house & smithy & a nice circular powder magazine
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After threading the razor-thin cornwall roads, got to Treyarnon & caught the Winecove Point Complex at sunset
Not clear if this was always 2 promotory forts or one which has eroded clean down the middle
Incredible either way
#HillfortsWednesday
After threading the razor-thin cornwall roads, got to Treyarnon & caught the Winecove Point Complex at sunset
Not clear if this was always 2 promotory forts or one which has eroded clean down the middle
Incredible either way
#HillfortsWednesday
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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After threading the razor-thin cornwall roads, got to Treyarnon & caught the Winecove Point Complex at sunset
Not clear if this was always 2 promotory forts or one which has eroded clean down the middle
Incredible either way
#HillfortsWednesday
After threading the razor-thin cornwall roads, got to Treyarnon & caught the Winecove Point Complex at sunset
Not clear if this was always 2 promotory forts or one which has eroded clean down the middle
Incredible either way
#HillfortsWednesday
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The vaulted undercroft at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The abbey was originally established by Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York in 1132 and became one of the largest Cistercian houses in England. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #FountainsAbbey #Yorkshire
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The vaulted undercroft at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The abbey was originally established by Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York in 1132 and became one of the largest Cistercian houses in England. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #FountainsAbbey #Yorkshire
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damn. hoping it at least signifies something
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
Told by an idiot
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
damn. hoping it at least signifies something
Sitting down today to record for Fall of Civilizations Episode 20!
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Sitting down today to record for Fall of Civilizations Episode 20!
Really proud Fall of Civilizations has been named a Waterstones paperback of the year. Get it at your local Waterstones!
LINK: www.waterstones.com/book/fall-of...
LINK: www.waterstones.com/book/fall-of...
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Really proud Fall of Civilizations has been named a Waterstones paperback of the year. Get it at your local Waterstones!
LINK: www.waterstones.com/book/fall-of...
LINK: www.waterstones.com/book/fall-of...
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, rising high above the Itchen Valley floodplain. On the summit of then iron age hillfort is a beech clump and nearby buried remains of a Norman chapel.
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, rising high above the Itchen Valley floodplain. On the summit of then iron age hillfort is a beech clump and nearby buried remains of a Norman chapel.
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