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Bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: OUT NOW. Posts by N and team. https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · Mar 7

No one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me...

No Friend to This House
A novel by Natalie Haynes
Pre-order now for Sep 2025: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/nata...
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#NoFriendToThisHouse @picadorbooks.bsky.social

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 11h

Fragment of terracotta skyphos (drinking cup)
Greek, Attic, red-figure, c.a. 490 BCE
Met Museum, info card pictured

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 11h

Aphrodite is here accompanied by Peitho, Persuasion. The ancient Greeks really valued persuasive speakers, enough to personify the skill and make her a goddess. What is Aphrodite holding in her hand here, do you think…?

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 1d

🎈 HAPPY BOOKSHOP DAY! 🎈 I couldn’t do what I do if you didn’t do what you do (so brilliantly). Thank you. Look at this lovely lot - star booksellers of the No Friend to This House Tour! 💖📗

Shout out some booksellers who deserve extra love in the comments!

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 1d

There isn’t a right answer! Here’s a handy video I made last month for just these occasions:

youtu.be/btXvZFZZei0?...

Greek Myth Name Pronunciation Guide | No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes

YouTube video by Natalie Haynes

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 1d

My pleasure!

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Hooray!

Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 1d

Hello to you and your wife! 👋 So pleased she likes them. Yes, is it not showing up on Audible and Apple Books?

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 1d

Always a joy to be at Cheltenham Literature Festival! I had a terrific time standing up for the Golden Fleece and Medea, and meeting so many of you at the book signing. Thanks to Jo and Gary and Tony, everyone who came to see me, and all the lovely staff who looked after me 💕📚

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 2d

In the Cheltenham green room!

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Happy to help!

Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 2d

Remember the amazing Douris cup, with the giant snake chomping Jason? Well, this cup is also thought to be by Douris, but this time he’s gone for a regular-sized dog, about to chomp some guy

(Met Museum)

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of book chat with The Guardian! What would your answers have been?

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’

The author and comedian on the immortal lines of Snoopy, discovering the heart of Homer’s Iliad and her culinary comfort read

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 2d

Want more Strong Message Here? The longer version of yesterday’s episode is available as a podcast now!

🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)

Podcast Episode · Strong Message Here · 09/10/2025 · 30m

podcasts.apple.com

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

I have a whole episode to introduce you to him!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 3, Cicero

Natalie Haynes stands up for the Roman orator, Cicero.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

She even sent these cool Odyssey postcards to keep him company! Everyone go check out her work. Thanks, Mia!

Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

Look. At. Him.

This incredible felted Chrysomallos, the Golden Ram, was made by textile artist Mia Eccleston (www.instagram.com/_miaeccleston_)! I love him so much - who better to sit with my copies of No Friend to This House.

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

Armando made me laugh A LOT doing this yesterday…

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Strong Message Here, Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)

Natalie Haynes joins Armando to repeatedly discuss repetition, repetitiously.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much!

Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 3d

A Trojan horse on Traitors! This calls for a classicist. Here's my Aeneid in 28 minutes, so you can find out more about the myth...

Listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 4d

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 4d

The classic ‘hold my purse, I have to punch someone’ pose. No wonder they think it’s Hera.

Met Museum, info below.

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 5d

I’m excited to be in Kent next week, for Canterbury Festival! This is one of your last chances to see the No Friend to This House show, where I’ll be standing up for the Argo, the Golden Fleece, and our girl Medea…

👉 canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

Natalie Haynes: No Friend To This House - Canterbury Festival

Natalie Haynes is a writer, broadcaster, classicist, and comedian who has been described as ‘the modern embodiment of the best of Homer'

canterburyfestival.co.uk

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 5d

WW2 looting? Or it fancied going to Mardi Gras…

Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 5d

Incredible journey. This Roman tombstone has travelled further than the man it commemorates. It seems to have come to New Orleans probably through post WW2 looting.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

www.theguardian.com

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