I enjoy Peter's work, but for me the true poet laureate is Nael (who, to be fair, has a year on him):

I have always found the dna kit things kind of fun, in theory, but this one is extremely off-putting. You cannot have Ostrogoth DNA. What is this weird nineteenth-century insanity?

Hot off the presses from Cambridge University Press, a new book from an old friend. Delighted to see it! Historians of Italy, of the Mediterranean, of migration and empire, take note. This will be a very good book.

The article contains a photo of some of the coolest street art I've seen in a long time:

Post a non-religious photo you think is holy.

People who are talking "global middle ages" often bring up Barlaam and Iosaphat, which makes perfectly good sense, but I always find myself thinking about...

Thanks to Robert Hymes and Monica Green, I know that I need to take marmots seriously, but when I see the word "marmot" I, honestly, can only think of one thing.

New book seems cursed.

A new book that looks great! Guillaume Calafat and Mathieu Grenet, Méditerranées: Une histoire des mobilités humaines (1492-1750).

Thinking of investing in one of these to wear when getting the kids (1 and 3) out of the house in the morning.