The Shorties winning story: Queen of Cities 542 AD

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The Shorties winning story: Queen of Cities 542 AD

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Vanessa Weenink

Mosaic of Justinian I
Mosaic of Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, from the Basillique San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Image: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0 Wiki Commons

Frances Matthews

About the author
Frances Matthews is a general practice locum and a barrister with her own medicolegal business, and is also working on a PhD. Mostly South Island-based, Dr Matthews says she would like to write more, but suspects “it will require a certain amount of inspiration and more time”.

I live in an age of signs and wonders: seven years ago, we had the year without summer, when the sun never rose, and we had frost in summertime. There