She wasn’t open back then, you won’t find a word of kindness after she made her transphobia public. F*ck that miserable loser.

Thanks for listening, trans people deserve the gd world.

Thank you!

Because he said that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon as though they have not complied with the IAEA inspection as a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (which Israel does not and is not).

The episode from my show turned into a much wider conversation about ancient women (surprise surprise, I know) so as Jane says it herself towards the end of our chat, there’s very little crossover between the other things she’s done about the book! 😂❤️

Things are about to get a bit ancient.

I baked these biscuity sherds on a hemisphere cake tin in an attempt to recreate Ancient Greek pottery fragments in all three dimensions. The originals, dating from c.1600-435 BCE, can be found in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum.

Embarrassed to admit that mine is, regularly, embarrass.

Is there an author who doesn’t?! 😂

Yeah this is what got me started on the obsession… don’t think I can justify the expense 😂 but maybe one day! For now, I believe it.

On a more personal note, this is the first time I’ve been able to connect with someone who has such a similar podcast story, in the same country, and vaguely the same topic realm. I didn’t realize how much I needed that kind of camaraderie, just great fun all around.