Welcome!

I am currently the Moses and Mary Finley Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. My research focuses on the ancient history and archaeology of the Greek and Roman worlds.

Use the links on this page to find out more about my academic and popular history projects, read my CV, review my news archive and get in touch.

LATEST NEWS:

Academic Studies

New Appointment
I have been appointed an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.

Delphi & Olympia
I have signed a contract with Cambridge University Press to publish a stand alone monograph entitled ‘Delphi and Olympia: the spatial politics of panhellenism in the archaic and classical periods.’ The book is based on my PhD research and will be published in April 2010.

Risk

In January-March 2010, I am co-organising the annual Darwin College Lecture Series on the theme of ‘Risk’ to be held in Cambridge. Specialists from fields as diverse as astro-physics, neuro-science, criminology, ancient history..read more

Popular History

On 1st February 2010, Neos Kosmos newspaper in Australia published the first installment of my regular column 'Ancient Greece: the reality'. Look out for new installments every fortnight during 2010, in which I will be investigating everything from Greek democracy to graves, punishments for adultery to prizes in athletic games and from Greece's great battles to its favourite tipple.

From Democrats to Kings: published on
1 October 2009
I have agreed a contract with Icon publishers to write a popular history book about events in the Greek world during the 4th century BC, from the fall of Athenian democracy to the rise of Alexander the Great.....read more

Buy it now on Amazon

Join the Facebook group for From Democrats to Kings - hear the latest on the launch and beyond!

Review the publicity following the launch, click here.

Follow my blog on the launch of From Democrats to Kings and get in touch to let me know what you think about the book.

See me talking on YouTube about the book.

Take a look at my show reel here
I have recently appeared as an on-screen historical consultant for the History channel......read more