Norse Gods on Ice Skates

The Rabbit Hole Detectives

Folding Pocket

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of The Rabbit Hole Detectives our intrepid trio are back down another set of rabbit holes in search of more killer facts and ephemera. This week, Richard is spending some time in the West End as he looks into English architect Frank Matcham, Charles is hoping for the seal of approval from the Disembodied Voice as he researches postage stamps, and Cat is looking to glide into first place as she discusses ice skating. Don’t forget, if you’d like to put forward a topic then you can email the show at: [email protected]. And there’s still a few tickets left for the live show, so get them before they’re gone: https://www.fane.co.uk/rabbit-hole-detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	The UK for details. It started with a rainy day. I wanted to get the kids off the sofa and stop watching TV.
0:37.0	So I searched rainy day activities on Tik-Tock.
0:40.0	There were loads of hacks on there, but the kids really liked making a bird feeder.
0:45.0	It's amazing what you can do with a milk carton and a handful of seeds.
0:49.0	We hung it outside the window and the birds loved it almost as much as the kids.
0:53.2	Who knew a bird box could be this entertaining?
0:56.4	It starts on Tik-Tok.
0:58.9	Folding pocket. Welcome to another episode of the Rabbit Hole Detectives, a podcast where I, Dr Cat Jowman, Richard Coles and Charles Spencer,
1:28.0	chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical.
1:33.0	Each episode we set one another task of finding out as much as we can about a particular
1:37.7	subject to present a comprehensive understanding of the origin stories of stuff. After all, everything has a history. It just
1:46.4	depends on how far down the rabbit hole you're prepared to go. And at the end of it all,
1:51.0	our disembodied voice pronounced as a winner.
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