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The Rabbit Hole Detectives

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The Rabbit Hole Detectives

Folding Pocket

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Cat, Richard, and Charles are back in search of more killer facts and ephemera. This week, Charles is finding out about Foundlings, Cat is exploring the world of Fridtjof Nansen, and Richard is shining a light on the history of sunscreen. Remember, if you’d like to suggest a rabbit hole for us to fall down you can email us at: [email protected] Plus, our listeners can get £7 off our new book, The Rabbit Hole Book, exclusively at Waterstones from now until 10th October 2024. To redeem the offer, order online via the link below and add the promo code: RabbitHole24 The Rabbit Hole Book by Reverend Richard Coles, Cat Jarman, and Lord Charles Spencer | Waterstones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

folding pocket. Welcome to another episode of the Rabbit Hole Detectives, a podcast where I, Professor Cat Jarman,

0:25.6

Richard Coles, and Charles Spencer chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical.

0:32.2

Each episode we set one another the task of finding out as much as we can

0:35.9

about a particular subject to present a comprehensive understanding of the origin stories of

0:40.8

stuff. After all everything has a history.

0:45.0

It just depends on how far down the rabbit hole you're prepared to go.

0:49.0

And at the end of it all, our disembodied voice pronounces a winner. Hello again rabbit

0:54.2

a hollies. Hi cat. Hello cat. So we've got two in one place two in three

1:00.1

dimensions and one flat again Richard you're away. I am on the Isle of Tyree which is the

1:06.6

outermost of the inner hephrades on the most beautiful day the sky is sapphire blue. The beach is white and three miles long I think.

1:16.0

I'm staying with some surfers. There are eight surfers staying in this house.

1:20.0

I think you're hallucinating Richard this sounds like one of your

1:23.0

fantasy holidays is a dream isn't it?

1:27.0

It doesn't look a bit Abercrombie and Fitch

1:29.4

yesterday but they're charming and they're good fun.

1:33.0

Great.

1:34.0

So yeah, we're having a lovely time.

1:35.0

It's a rainy day in London, so we're very jealous.

1:38.0

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that.

1:40.0

Not really though, are you Richard?

1:41.0

Don't think that was very honest but you know never mind it's got that

1:46.1

autumn feeler hasn't it? Yes that's all good. Yes I don't mind it very much. It's okay but I mean you know it's good to

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