John Shepherd (MCIfA FSA) has worked on Romano-British archaeology since the early 1980s. While working in the curatorial division of the Museum of London he brought to publication the post-WW2 fieldwork of Prof. W F Grimes, including the Temple of Mithras and the London Cripplegate Fort. He also set up and was the first manager of the LAARC at the Museum of London. He is a specialist in Roman glass and small finds and currently works for Pre-Construct Archaeology, where he applies his knowledge of Roman Britain, glass and small find studies and archaeological archives