After a month away The Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast is back. Season 6 kicks off today: ⁦Richard Coles⁩ looks at Kalashnikovs, ⁦Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀⁩ examines conspiracy theories while I delve into Ayurvedic medicine. Wherever you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/show/3Ma0O4ayh…

In this week’s Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast ⁦Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀⁩ constructs a case for Lego while ⁦Richard Coles⁩ pulls the Anglesey Leg & I look at redheads (I was one, once…). Wherever you source your podcasts…. bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/the-ra…

Charles Spencer Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀 Richard Coles And here's the first Lego shark from the spill to be reported - caught by fisherman Richard West in his nets last year. Just another 51,000+ still to find....

In today’s new episode of the Rabbit Holes Detectives podcast, Richard Coles introduces us to Baron Corvo, Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀 looks into spontaneous human combustion, while I delve into the history and function of Gossip. All available on the link below:-

Delighted to see this brilliant lineup -- tickets will be up for sale next week!

We're very excited to have Dame Harriet Walter join the Althorp Literary Festival next month!

I had a great conversation with the MS Society MS Society UK today, hearing about the hugely impactful and important work they do, especially in supporting research to help stop MS in the future. Looking forward to helping spread awareness! mssociety.org.uk/research

Episode 104 of the Rabbithole Detectives out today - ⁦Richard Coles⁩ shares the fate of Mr & Mrs Frederick Gill of Clacton, I delve into the historic status of gold, & ⁦Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀⁩ celebrates Spitz dogs (below is our Spitz, Freya). Wherever you source your podcasts

Wednesday normally means a new episode of the Rabbit Hole Detectives but ⁦Richard Coles⁩ ⁦Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀⁩ & I signed off the podcast with a final, live, episode at ⁦Althorp⁩ on Friday. Thanks so much to all who’ve listened - we’ve loved every second of it.

Charles Spencer Richard Coles Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀 Althorp Oh I shall really miss it! It’s such a welcome retreat from the negativity going on around us. Appreciate that it’s a lot of work to research a new topic every week though - it’s been very much appreciated. Thank you

A privilege to be one of this quartet, encouraging men to look after their mental and physical health - Watch Loose Men on Thursday 15th May from 12:30pm on ITV and ITVX ⁦

New hobby! Thank you Charles Spencer for encouraging me, you never know when it might come in handy... 😅 This was actually inspired by years of learning about and finding Viking Age horse gear and arrows at Repton...

This week ⁦Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀⁩ & I discovered this fabulous place - Old School Books, in Burnham Market. An excellent selection on the bookshelves (coincidentally they sold out of Cat’s excellent history book, ‘Bone Chests’, yesterday), and then there’s the cafe. We shall return….

Just read The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman. Excellent book on whereabouts and burials of many of #England #AngloSaxon and #Viking kings at Winchester Cathedral, sadly now all mixed together in mortuary chests after religious vandalism by parliamentary soldiers #History #Burials

It's been an absolute joy to read #TheBoneChests by Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀 on my commute this week. Brilliantly researched, this enthralling historical mystery tour of Britain had me captivated. Enlightening and engaging - highly recommended 📚👑 William Collins Books

News hot off the press – another Lego octopus has just surfaced – not in Cornwall this time but in Wales! In fact, it’s the first report we’ve had of a Lego octopus being found on a beach in Wales. It was discovered by Jenny Smith who told us: “We'd gone to our usual spot, Ginst