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Salt sellers

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Claire_M

There is a scandal over a memoir I read some time ago. It’s a book called ‘The Salt Path’ and what it purported to be was a truthful tale of personal triumph over terminal illness and poverty, a hooky kind … Continue reading →

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Hearsay history

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Claire_M

I’m writing a generalist book about Roman life as it was lived on Hadrian’s Wall and it’s bringing up all sorts of methodological thoughts about how to write this kind of book. These type of books, the books that appear … Continue reading →

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Nerd alert – Roman military households is published!

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Claire_M

This feels like a brag but my book is now in print, and there is little point in writing it a book if nobody is going to read it so I thought I’d post about it. This is an academic … Continue reading →

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Original words.

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Claire_M

My head is full of thoughts that are not my own. Since I could first understand words and language people have shared thoughts with me – in conversation, on the telly and radio, and most of all through writing. These … Continue reading →

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Book proofs – and women as authors of their own words at the British Library

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Claire_M

They’ve arrived! The proofs of ‘Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Officers’ have arrived from the publisher and I’ve got a week to go through them and send any corrections I need to make before the printing presses will roll (if … Continue reading →

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Losing yourself in a museum of stories

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Claire_M

Last Wednesday I was feeling stressed out by onrushing book deadlines and went to the Story Museum at Oxford. I felt quite silly and self-conscious as a grown-up going by myself into a museum that is clearly ‘for kids.’ Never … Continue reading →

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