AncientBlogger, a short history.
As a kid I grew up loving myths and was in part hooked after watching Jason and the Argonauts as a kid (the original). After finished a degree in Classics and History, I didn’t do the language part which I now regret, I studied for an MA part time at Birkbeck. I never thought I’d end up in academia but just wanted to learn and study even more.
After studying I found myself jobhopping. I still retained a love of the subject and did some Roman reinactment, I now have my own set of legionary armour which I use when I volunteer at schools to work with kids and hopefully spark an interest therein.
Blogging, social media and a podcast.
I also spent time blogging, then turning my hand to creating content on Youtube. I have my own channel there. The next step was to turn by blogging into a website and launching a podcast (originally called ‘Ancientblogger’s Podcast). I rebranded it the Ancient History Hound podcast after my parent’s rescue dog became intrigued with a Roman helmet I’d taken round there.
There are a lot of great ancient history podcasts and the way I try to make mine different is to pick up on the less covered topics. Naturally I do cover more mainstream subjects, but I always try to find a different angle.
Ancient History Hound is available on most platforms (including as a playlist on my YouTube channel) and if you get the chance please rate or review – I don’t have a marketing budget!
I still use @ancientblogger for most of my social media, I use this handle for X, Bluesky, Instagram and Tik Tok. There’s also a growing subreddit – AncientHistoryHound.
All my content is ancient history, hence me being ‘all about ancient history’. There’s plenty of places to discuss politics and current affairs. I’m always happyo to chat so come and say hi.
You can contact me on the above, the links on the front page, or just email me – [email protected]
In any case, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find something you enjoy here.
Keep safe
Neil
