Joan Smith

Journalist. Author of novels & non-fiction, including ‘Misogynies’. ‘Unfortunately, She Was A Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome’s Imperial Women' out now.

[Joan Smith @polblonde]

@DeirdreBoleyn They ate a lot of chick peas so maybe a form of hummus?

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The menu

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@DeirdreBoleyn So it seems. Maybe they had dips

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@DeirdreBoleyn Part of the cult of Mithraeus

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Marvellous Roman ruins at Ostia Antica

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@annimeaculpa Glad you liked them!

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Very windy day

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@HathorsDaughter Thank you, it was blowing a gale!

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Tyrrhenian sea at Lido di Ostia

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Forum at Ostia Antica

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Roman wine bar

[Sonia Gallego🪬 @SoniaRGallego]

This is exactly what @Jonathan_Hinder was speaking about in last night’s Newsnight.
How do MPs think they are helping society by trying to dismantle hard-fought rights and protections for women and girls?

[Joan Smith @polblonde]

@AKenney1901 Thank you, I’m thrilled to read that. x

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I've recently finished my second book of feminist Roman history - the civil wars with the women, not the battles - and am in Rome looking at busts, statues and important sites.

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@annimeaculpa Thank you

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Superb evening in Rome with dome of the Pantheon in background