

Rome: city of soldiers
The ongoing - and, at least from an archaeological point of view, highly fruitful- construction of Rome's third Metro line C has...


The Man Who Played Trains: review
I received this free (and quite sizeable) review copy courtesy of Matthew, MD of Urbane Publications. He suggested it might suit my...


On urban myths, dogs, monkeys & vipers..
FROM THE ENDEAVOUR PRESS BLOG... Looking at how various authors’ plots were first conceived on this blog makes for very interesting...


What's in a picture?
This is the so-called 'Severan Tondo', dating to c. AD 200 - i.e. roughly contemporary with events in 'The Consul's Daughter'. The...