Prof Cat Jarman FSA💀

Big news! 📖 My fellow #RabbitHoleDetectives @RevRichardColes, @cspencer1508 and I have written a book! In #TheRabbitHoleBook, we have fallen down 99 brand new rabbit holes of history. Out 10th October, but you can preorder now! 🐇🕳️🕵🏻‍♀️🕵🏻‍♂️🕵🏻‍♂️ 👇🏻 amzn.to/45zBzA0

So pleased to welcome Aslan to ⁦@AlthorpHouse⁩ - a former Police horse, he needed somewhere to retire to. Delighted to look after him now. He’s very charming and playful and has settled in quickly - having been stationed in London, he’s particularly loving the green fields.

@HSvedang We have done a whole episode on this: 51. Vikings: Slavs to Slaves with @CatJarman –Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/flTXhBU21nxsMB…

Big party at @althorphouse today - celebrating the 1st birthday of our puppy, Freya. ⁦@CatJarman⁩ invited Freya’s parents, siblings, and their owners for a tea party - and they came from all over Britain. Canine chaos ensued.

@Aurorablast Will have to try that!

Have been sober for 24 years now Cat and non alcoholic wine is a tricksy one - thanks for flagging up the Zeno and Oddbird's ones. If its a celebration I tend to rely on this : Copenhagen Organic Sparkling Tea BLÅ, 75cl, 0% ABV - as joyous as Fizz but without the side effect of wanting to climb Guildford Castle in your stilettoes

Anyone out there have any recommendations for non-alcoholic wines? There seem to be a lot of quite good sparkling ones and we quite like Zeno and Oddbird's offerings.

@RadianceCC Thanks, will try that!

@CatJarman Try Malbec from Tesco made in Stellenbosch. Not bad.

Incredibly impressed & proud of you, @cspencer1508! You have such admirable willpower and resilience. 🩷

Finished #reading The Rabbit Hole Book by Richard Coles, Cat Jarman, and Charles Spencer. Random stuff from throughout history. Most, if not all, deeply interesting. Loved this. A must-read. Very much recommended.

Good to see paperbacks by ⁦@CatJarman⁩ and me diagonally together, in the history section of ⁦@WaterstonesPicc⁩

Rudy - the one cat vermin control dept in the Stables at ⁦@AlthorpHouse⁩ - has trained me to turn the tap on for him on hot days. Apparently more fun for him than boringly drinking from his bowl…..

Cat Jarman breaks her silence after the ‘devastating’ moment her MS diagnosis was made public amid her relationship with Earl Spencer tatlermagazine.visitlink.me/strYCL

It's so incredibly heartening to hear comments like this from @iamangiewhite - thank you - it makes all the difference. It wasn't my choice for my MS to be shared but hopefully, my experiences can now help others.

Thank you, @iamangiewhite - @CatJarman had the legal right to her medical privacy, but when that was maliciously and unlawfully taken away from her, Cat decided to turn a horrible act into a chance to hopefully help others.

@iamangiewhite @cspencer1508 @mssocietyuk Thank you so much for saying that, Angie -- it means an awful lot to hear.

@cspencer1508 @CatJarman @mssocietyuk For me, having @CatJarman share her experiences with MS is absolutely incredible. A person who is successful and triumphant and an amazing example to a generation of young people with chronic illness is so needed. It’s personal for me and I can’t say thank you enough! 😇🙏🏻💜

Typically brave and honest article by ⁦@CatJarman⁩ for the ⁦@mssocietyuk⁩ magazine - talking about her experiences with MS, in a way that I’m sure will help many others with that condition.

@GreenfordBlog @cspencer1508 @AlthorpHouse Yes, we know they produced wine in Britain and importantly -- in Northamptonshire! See e.g. core.ac.uk/download/pdf/2…

@cspencer1508 @AlthorpHouse @CatJarman I was told recently that the reason there is more sparkling white wine made in northern Europe because the climate means it is less sweet to begin with. Do we know what the Romans produced here and was it any good?

I’ve planted 2 vineyards at ⁦@AlthorpHouse⁩ recently - the larger one (next to where ⁦@CatJarman⁩ & her archaeologists excavated the Roman villa) is being extended. Here we are digging four feet (1.2m) down to lay in the drainage.

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 Point in Laugharne, for a Father's Day beachcomb. We'd picked up the usual array of rubbish as we went around. We had found a few goodies and decided to head back to the car. After doubling back I stopped to get sand out of my eyes....I looked down and saw a spiral looking shape sticking out of the sand. I got out my rake to start digging...then our eyes locked...I couldn't believe what I was seeing...was it the sand in my eyes?!? I squealed with excitement, shouted to my husband and kids.... and sat there in complete shock. After 12 months of searching, we'd only gone and found the holy grail! Beyond chuffed!” Thanks so much Jenny for sharing your story and pictures with us. What a find!

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 @CatJarman on my commute this week. Brilliantly researched, this enthralling historical mystery tour of Britain had me captivated. Enlightening and engaging - highly recommended 📚👑 @WmCollinsBooks

@SharmL @WmCollinsBooks Thank you, Lisa, delighted to hear you enjoyed it!

This week ⁦@CatJarman⁩ & 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….