Hadrian’s Wall is linked to “queer history”, English Heritage has said in an email to its members. The ancient structure is one of the most famous historical sites in the UK and was built some 1,900 years ago by the Roman emperor Hadrian. And whilst it’s best known for its links to the Roman Empire, […]

2 years ago

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? It’s the question that’s gripped the internet (mainly TikTok) in recent weeks. Allow me to get you up to speed if you’re not. Basically, women are baffled that men seem to think about the Roman Empire on quite a regular basis. In thousands of TikToks, women […]

2 years ago

The life-sized nature of the object got researchers thinking… A strange wooden implement discovered at a Roman fort may be Britain’s oldest sex toy. Researchers discovered the artefact at Vindolanda – a Roman fort south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England – back in 1992. They initially thought it was a darning tool as it […]

3 years ago

Boris gets it wrong – again Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hit headlines once more for seemingly struggling to grasp the facts of world history. This time, he’s claimed that the Roman Empire collapsed due to immigration which, as many on Twitter have pointed out, isn’t true. During Italy’s G20 summit last week, Johnson took […]

4 years ago