Repurposing an extremely old (from at least 120 years back) chest of drawers, for the stables at ⁦Althorp⁩ today. I wonder who the last people were to use this, professionally?

Please join me at 7pm British Summer Time (GMT + 1) tomorrow- Tuesday - for my live reading from @althorphouse of ‘A Very Private School’, my childhood memoir, recently published by @gallerybooks and @wmcollinsbooks

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Thank you for all those who have been buying A Very Private School - keeping it in the ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ Top Ten in hardback nonfiction for the fourth week in a row. I’m very grateful indeed.

One of these darlings starts a new life at Althorp next week. #foxredlab

I’m so grateful to all who’ve kindly been listening to my memoir, A Very Private School: ⁦William Collins Books⁩ & ⁦Gallery Books⁩ tell me as many have listened to me reading the book as have actually read it. So, as a thank you, I’m going to do this live event on Tuesday.

Tulips at ⁦Althorp⁩ - inside and out.

These really are beautiful. Inspiration for when our next dig on the Roman villa at Althorp !

New episode of Rabbithole Detectives podcast out today! Hear Richard Coles on the assassination of James i’s great love George Villiers, Dr Cat Jarman FSA💀 on a fellow archaeologist who she’s not sure about - the self-promoting (and careless) Heinrich Schliemann - and me on (supposed)…

Althorp in the spring.

This afternoon I’m speaking about A Very Private School at a lunch given by The Oldie - I first did this for them in 2004, when I wasn’t old, and when I spoke on my first serious book, Blenheim: Battle for Europe. I’ve since spoken for the Oldie on four others of my books.…

New book underway. A change of pace. #rabbitholedetectives

Some of the fallow bucks enjoying the early morning together, in the Deer Park at ⁦Althorp⁩ - one with an antler missing. In the rutting season they all become bitter enemies, but the rest of the year they hang out happily together.

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Always interesting to read a review from overseas. This one, on ‘A Very Private School’, is in ⁦The Post and Courier⁩ - one of South Carolina’s more august news sources. postandcourier.com/features/charl…

One of my fellow Rabbithole Detectives podcasters has some exciting book news - bravo, Richard Coles !

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