My own little corner of the world

I have understood that recent events in the world has made George Orwell's dystopian book 1984 popular again. I definitely see the r...

"Justice, not money, determines the cases worthy of my attention." ~Phryne Fisher, Blood and Circuses (TV) As I said in my entry a...

I think this is my favourite among the art deco-inspired covers. Blood and Circuses is the sixth installment in the book series about ...

Erzsébet Ecsedi Báthory Erzsébet , or Countess Elizabeth Báthory as she is known in Western tradition, was born in Nyírbátor in Hungar...

Trowel, common tool for an archaeologist On 29th January I published an entry about differences in how minor characters and older plots are...

The main characters of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries After having fun with Historical Women , Female Archaeologists and actually a...

Today marked the first time I saw Essie Davis on the big screen in Assassin’s Creed . Her husband, Justin Kurzel , was the director and Mic...

For this third entry to my Historical Women series I am staying in ancient Egypt, but moving further away in time from Hatshepsut . This w...

Gertrude Caton-Thompson While thinking of my Historical Women series, I also thought about how many amazing female archaeologists I kno...