Artefact

Launched in conjunction with the first Cirencester History Festival 2024, and published in collaboration with the Corinium Museum

Coins and weapons, lost jewels and carved faces. Full of archaeology and history, mystery and surprises - museum treasures and ancient discoveries inspire this stunning new collection of short stories and poetry. Featuring items from the Corinium Museum collectionAncient myths and Roman treasures, lost loves and haunted relics: historical objects are reimagined in fiction, memoir and poetry - featuring items from the Corinium Museum collection. 
 
Coins and weapons, lost jewels and carved faces. A watch with a secret inscription.
 
An Iron Age horse bridle whispers of old battles, while a Roman god fumes about unfair treatment. 
 
Then a medieval grotesque wreaks havoc with a curse, before an eighteenth century ring reveals its heartbreak, and a painting draws visitors into danger ... 
 
Full of archaeology and history, mystery and surprises: museum treasures and ancient discoveries inspire this stunning new collection of short stories and poetry
 
Illustrated with photographs from the Corinium Museum collection. With a foreword by Emma Stuart, Museum Director.
 
Featuring the work of:
Carlos Almonacid  Rosamund Brown  Amaris Chase  Hilda Cochrane  Lucy Dalgleish  Henry Davies  Andrew Donaldson  Vicki Fletcher  Chloe Hall  Jonathan Hart  Alice Hart  Chloe Headdon  Heidi Howarth  Venetia Johannes  Rose Leicester  Rose Lennard  Harriet McDonald  Rebecca McDowall  Mary Moore  Rosalind Newton  Charlotte Payne  Graham Powell  Angela Reddaway  Margaret Royall  Stuart Samuel  Sharon Webster  Julie Wiltshire