Catherine Fletcher
@catherinefletcher.info
Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE ROADS TO ROME out now. Coming April 26: THE FIREARM REVOLUTION.
See also my in-flight map last week. I don't know what they call this projection but Greenland is almost the size of North America.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
See also my in-flight map last week. I don't know what they call this projection but Greenland is almost the size of North America.
More walk (New Mills is very pretty)
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
More walk (New Mills is very pretty)
Picture of the staff who operate my account.
December 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Picture of the staff who operate my account.
Folks, if you want to get your alumni on board for this, may I suggest not implicitly insulting everyone who works outside London in paragraph 2 of your message.
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Folks, if you want to get your alumni on board for this, may I suggest not implicitly insulting everyone who works outside London in paragraph 2 of your message.
Found broccoli and Stilton among the limited supplies in my fridge and made an excellent soup though I say so myself
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Found broccoli and Stilton among the limited supplies in my fridge and made an excellent soup though I say so myself
Facebook is now serving me ads for a 'cheat with AI' subscription service
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Facebook is now serving me ads for a 'cheat with AI' subscription service
Other works on display include Marg Moll's 1930 Dancer.
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Other works on display include Marg Moll's 1930 Dancer.
Saw an amazing little exhibition at the new Petri archaeology museum in Berlin - "degenerate" art confiscated by the Nazis and excavated in 2010 during construction of a metro station.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Saw an amazing little exhibition at the new Petri archaeology museum in Berlin - "degenerate" art confiscated by the Nazis and excavated in 2010 during construction of a metro station.
while we're on the subject I noticed that my local posh bakery is now charging £12 for a hash brown brioche bun which is another food crime
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
while we're on the subject I noticed that my local posh bakery is now charging £12 for a hash brown brioche bun which is another food crime
Okay folks, what helpful advice is ChatGPT going to hallucinate for Brad and Janet here?
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Okay folks, what helpful advice is ChatGPT going to hallucinate for Brad and Janet here?
Well the breakfast will easily absorb several of these
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Well the breakfast will easily absorb several of these
At a conference and the hotel is offering Breakfast Cocktails and you know, with the state of academia today...
October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
At a conference and the hotel is offering Breakfast Cocktails and you know, with the state of academia today...
I'm not usually one to post my lunch but I need to alert frequenters of Bloomsbury libraries to this delicious cheesecake at Honey & Co on Store Street.
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'm not usually one to post my lunch but I need to alert frequenters of Bloomsbury libraries to this delicious cheesecake at Honey & Co on Store Street.
Only two days left to snap up this offer. Here's another throwback photo from my trip: the Via Appia near Frattocchie, not far from Rome.
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Only two days left to snap up this offer. Here's another throwback photo from my trip: the Via Appia near Frattocchie, not far from Rome.
You see I reckon actors of that period were definitely plucking away. Look at King James here: those brows are not natural.
September 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You see I reckon actors of that period were definitely plucking away. Look at King James here: those brows are not natural.
Three years ago I visited Ostia Antica as I researched The Roads to Rome. Here's a spot of Roman road: you can just spot a few paving stones beneath the pine needles, and imagine the scent. #ThrowbackThursday
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Three years ago I visited Ostia Antica as I researched The Roads to Rome. Here's a spot of Roman road: you can just spot a few paving stones beneath the pine needles, and imagine the scent. #ThrowbackThursday
Facebook reminds me that eight years ago today I was just getting started on my firearms project.
September 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Facebook reminds me that eight years ago today I was just getting started on my firearms project.
so I mentioned Rome while drafting my lecture slides and the AI design widget gave me Florence 👀
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
so I mentioned Rome while drafting my lecture slides and the AI design widget gave me Florence 👀
Three years ago I was exploring the incredible Furlo tunnel (1st century CE), which leads the Via Flaminia through a cliff along the side of this gorge. When it was first built it was halfway up the cliffs: the reservoir you see here is modern. #RomanSiteSaturday
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Three years ago I was exploring the incredible Furlo tunnel (1st century CE), which leads the Via Flaminia through a cliff along the side of this gorge. When it was first built it was halfway up the cliffs: the reservoir you see here is modern. #RomanSiteSaturday
My flight is delayed and I was idly wondering what a gun with transgender ideology might look like, so here for your edification is an actual First World War hermaphrodite tank.
September 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My flight is delayed and I was idly wondering what a gun with transgender ideology might look like, so here for your edification is an actual First World War hermaphrodite tank.
Starting the day at @qubhistory.bsky.social public history conference by crafting some commonplace books
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Starting the day at @qubhistory.bsky.social public history conference by crafting some commonplace books