Kate Sheehan-Finn
@katesfwriter.bsky.social
Writer, Untold Stories/Perspectives, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Pottery, Books, Travel, Gardens, Walking, Landscapes, #UNWC 2023/24, Winner #FNL #LFOW24 Jericho Writers
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From Submission to Spotlight: The Journey of a Festival Friday Night Live Winner – Jericho Writers
If I can win a writing competition, then you can too. I received notification that I was in the Friday Night Live (but on Saturday) Final at London Festival of Writing on 21 June 2024. I was visiting ...
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Fab memory from last year’s festival of writing hosted by @jerichowriters.bsky.social - thanks for asking me to write about the experience of winning Friday Night Live in 2024.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
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#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
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An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
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Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
Finished this book last night. #AmReading #BookSky
I’m almost finished reading @elodieharper.bsky.social historical fiction novel, Boudicca’s Daughter. I was not expecting the story this wonderful author has written. It’s an original take on the story the Roman victors left for us, and the subsequent creation of Boudicca and her daughter victims.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Finished this book last night. #AmReading #BookSky
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A bonus post for this #MosaicMonday. Ever puzzled over why Neptune has crab claws and Oceanus has a trident in some RB mosaics? My thoughts have just been published in the latest Journal of Mosaic Research. Open access, so feel free to enjoy! 1/2
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Journal of Mosaic Research » Makale » Neptune and Oceanus in Romano-British Mosaics: A Special Case?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A bonus post for this #MosaicMonday. Ever puzzled over why Neptune has crab claws and Oceanus has a trident in some RB mosaics? My thoughts have just been published in the latest Journal of Mosaic Research. Open access, so feel free to enjoy! 1/2
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
Floor mosaic depicting the story of Polyphemus and Galatea; AD 2nd C from a town house in Roman Cordoba, Baetica Province, Spain.
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Floor mosaic depicting the story of Polyphemus and Galatea; AD 2nd C from a town house in Roman Cordoba, Baetica Province, Spain.
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
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This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
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CairnHoly II is one of 2 Neolithic chambered tombs located near Newtonstewart in SW Scotland.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
CairnHoly II is one of 2 Neolithic chambered tombs located near Newtonstewart in SW Scotland.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Some of my favourite my favourite retellings/reworkings of Ancient Greek stories and myths. I never get weary of these stories from the past.
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Some of my favourite my favourite retellings/reworkings of Ancient Greek stories and myths. I never get weary of these stories from the past.
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
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"Are you a librarian?" the lady at the thrift store asked. When I said yes, she gave me a fist bump saying, "Keep up the hard work protecting books."
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Are you a librarian?" the lady at the thrift store asked. When I said yes, she gave me a fist bump saying, "Keep up the hard work protecting books."
CairnHoly II is one of 2 Neolithic chambered tombs located near Newtonstewart in SW Scotland.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
CairnHoly II is one of 2 Neolithic chambered tombs located near Newtonstewart in SW Scotland.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
They were built by farming people between 6000 and 4000 years ago.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
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#OpenAccess
Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt."
[Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family]
#Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History
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Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt."
[Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family]
#Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#OpenAccess
Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt."
[Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family]
#Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt."
[Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family]
#Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
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Classical Association & Sir John Soane’s Museum collab. Entries open for poems and spoken word on classical objects in the museum. Closing date 27th Feb 2026. See website for T&Cs
#poetrycompetitions #spokenwordcomps #writingcompetitions
classicalassociation.org/competition/...
#poetrycompetitions #spokenwordcomps #writingcompetitions
classicalassociation.org/competition/...
Verse and Voice Competition - The Classical Association
Verse and Voice Competition We are delighted to be working in collaboration with Sir John Soane’s Museum to open entries for our 2026 Competition, which is free for everyone to enter, of any age, acro...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Classical Association & Sir John Soane’s Museum collab. Entries open for poems and spoken word on classical objects in the museum. Closing date 27th Feb 2026. See website for T&Cs
#poetrycompetitions #spokenwordcomps #writingcompetitions
classicalassociation.org/competition/...
#poetrycompetitions #spokenwordcomps #writingcompetitions
classicalassociation.org/competition/...
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These photos show the interior of the mausoleum of Romulus, son of Roman emperor, Maxentius. He died in AD 309. It is located in the Maxentian imperial complex and faces the Appian way. The imperial palace and circus also survive in a ruined state.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
These photos show the interior of the mausoleum of Romulus, son of Roman emperor, Maxentius. He died in AD 309. It is located in the Maxentian imperial complex and faces the Appian way. The imperial palace and circus also survive in a ruined state.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
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On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
These photos show the interior of the mausoleum of Romulus, son of Roman emperor, Maxentius. He died in AD 309. It is located in the Maxentian imperial complex and faces the Appian way. The imperial palace and circus also survive in a ruined state.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
These photos show the interior of the mausoleum of Romulus, son of Roman emperor, Maxentius. He died in AD 309. It is located in the Maxentian imperial complex and faces the Appian way. The imperial palace and circus also survive in a ruined state.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
I think this has to be the best auction lot ever:
J R R #Tolkien owned this desk. Just imagine the #Writing he did here, the imagining he did, as Middle Earth came into existence.
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
J R R #Tolkien owned this desk. Just imagine the #Writing he did here, the imagining he did, as Middle Earth came into existence.
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
www.christies.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think this has to be the best auction lot ever:
J R R #Tolkien owned this desk. Just imagine the #Writing he did here, the imagining he did, as Middle Earth came into existence.
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
J R R #Tolkien owned this desk. Just imagine the #Writing he did here, the imagining he did, as Middle Earth came into existence.
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
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A Roman glass funerary urn that was found during excavations in the Botchergate area of Carlisle. Dating to the 1st century AD, the urn can be viewed in Carlisle Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #CarlisleCathedral
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A Roman glass funerary urn that was found during excavations in the Botchergate area of Carlisle. Dating to the 1st century AD, the urn can be viewed in Carlisle Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #CarlisleCathedral
Bronze pennanular brooch with inlaid terminals, circa AD 450-550, was the latest object deposited in the Spring at Bath.
Late Roman, probably made in Ireland; birds and fish on the terminals might be associated with the goddess Sulis Minerva.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
Late Roman, probably made in Ireland; birds and fish on the terminals might be associated with the goddess Sulis Minerva.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Bronze pennanular brooch with inlaid terminals, circa AD 450-550, was the latest object deposited in the Spring at Bath.
Late Roman, probably made in Ireland; birds and fish on the terminals might be associated with the goddess Sulis Minerva.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
Late Roman, probably made in Ireland; birds and fish on the terminals might be associated with the goddess Sulis Minerva.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
My policy choices show that it’s possible to keep most of the people happy most of the time. Play the #Budget2025 game and see how you could do. Perhaps #RachelReeves should try this out before #BudgetDay?
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My policy choices show that it’s possible to keep most of the people happy most of the time. Play the #Budget2025 game and see how you could do. Perhaps #RachelReeves should try this out before #BudgetDay?
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...