National Treasures with Laura Lexx and Will Duggan

This week Laura tells Will all about 1299 - a year full of tiny details including a prissy nun who is just way too perfect, a detour through what not to get stuck in a mangle and then finishing up with a small start to a massive historical deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our final (ever?!) deep dive, Laura tells Ron all about the Great Flood of 1953 that they learned about on their trip to Canvey Island. They try to explain the details of the storm and hear some stories from eye witnesses about what it was like to live through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, we know: there hasn't been an interview. The file is lost somewhere in the ether of Will's internet but that won't stop us from prattling on for further time about the wonders of the Escape/Piña Colada song for 45 minutes. In a fun, giggly, lovely little chitter chatter the two besties catch up and dissect the Piña Colada song... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura and Will have a blissful trip to Canvey Island and then Will spoils it by being selfless/an idiot. This episode features some of the history of Canvey Island, some fish and chips, some cold weather and a few technical issues as Laura and Will get used to the new microphones and how they work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Due to a planned brilliant thing and an unplanned very irritating thing we are taking a break for a month. That's the headline, listen to the episode if you want more details. We'll see you in March. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this, our final episode from Lewes Castle and Archaeological Museum Laura tells Will all about dinosaurs in the UK. And between you and me it is bloody fantastic. So pop it in your ears and enjoy. Please don't forget that if you'd like the extended versions of all of these episodes as well as a weekly bonus podcast and a monthly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everyone. This your first little deep dive after our visit to Lewes Castle and Archaeological museum. Now we can all agree that that was a lovely day out. But it gets better! In this episode Will tells Laura all about Witchcraft in the UK and a great time is had by all. Apart from the poor innocent women accused of Witchcraft. Obviously. But now in the modern world. ENJOY!Also apologies for the slightly lower than normal sound quality, between you and me/us, we just didn't use the right microphone. But let's put that behind us and crack on. ok, love you, bye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! Welcome back! After our little trek round the ruins of Lewes Castle last week, we this week take a moment to explore the archaeological museum that's twinned with the castle.We look at all sorts of history from the super super old flints, to the Romans, to the Victorians. It is an absolutely delightful exploration of a treasure trove, just tucked away on Lewes High Street and available to look round with your ticket to Lewes Castle. A treat! Highly recommended!For the full version of this episode, and to support the podcast financially go to patreon.com/nationaltreasures. Or, if you would like to support us but can't do so with money (which we totally understand) please do share the podcast wherever you can or review it kindly on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year everyone! Laura and Will kick off 2023 with a delightfully wholesome visit to Lewes Castle. Tucked away on a cobbled street just off the main High Street through Lewes, are the ruins of Lewes Castle. Built by William de Warrenne right back in the past when everything was a nightmare.They explore the history of Lewes and the castle, and then take a trip up through the ruins to the top of the keep. This was recorded in December when the snow was falling and the roads were treacherous - who knows what the weather is like now it's January? Literally could be anything given how the weather has been of late.Anyway, enjoy a bit of Norman history and beyond. Next week, we complete our trip with the recording of our visit round the archaeological museum. All in all, pretty blooming lovely.To hear the full version of this episode, with not a giggle cut, just join our patreon at patreon.com/nationaltreasures and receive full cuts of all our episodes, an extra podcast every week AND a monthly live stream all for just £5 per month. Lovely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So... listen, there was not quite enough of Brighton Christmas Market for us to be able to spin that visit into a double episode. We really did our best, but... this episode would have been us just going round that ferris wheel 60 times and no one wanted that. SO! We huddled back to our cosy homes and had a little Christmas party with our patrons. Laura and Will quizzed each other on all things Christmas.For the full version of this episode, to support the podcast and to get extended versions of all our podcasts, just go to patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now, for our Christmas Special 2022 we headed down the road to Brighton Christmas market to splurge on some tat, pick up some last minute gifts and have a cup of something mulled. We decided to take the National Treasures intern AKA Maki with us and we took her on her first ever ferris wheel. What follows is one of the gentlest, most festive episodes of anything you could possibly get. It's not rock n roll, it's the National Treasures Podcast. Merry Christmas everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome welcome one and all. Christmas is round the corner and before our Christmas Special we have another deep dive. This time Will tells Laura all about the 12 Days of Christmas. Expect twists, turns, jokes, and frankly just too many birds. WHO NEEDS SEVEN SWANS EVER? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh Merry Christmas one and all. In this festive season we have decided to switch things up a bit. We have two deep dive firsts and then a bumper double episode. So in this episode enjoy Laura telling Will all about The North Pole, and really enjoy the growing realisation that Will has legit no idea what the North Pole actually is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In your second and final deep dive from the episodes at the Forest of Dean Sculpture trail Laura tells Will all about Lost Things, and what a time we have. Shergar, Vanilla Ice, Caves. Its a wild ride. Enjoy it I say Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We asked you to vote, and you did. So Will tells Laura all about Crisp Flavours, both at home and abroad. I'll be honest, it's a lot better than it sounds. Though we do end up saying the word 'allium' just far too much.Enjoy!!Please don't forget to like and subscribe and leave us a review. And if you'd like to support National Treasures you can do that here: patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week we had a simply tremendous walk around the Sculpture Trail in the Forest of Dean and this week we bumble a few miles further down the road to visit Nick Page and ask him why he loves it there. It's always an amazing time being in Nick's company; whether that's because he's your buddy and you get to chat to him a lot (Laura), he's an acquaintance whose company you love (Will) or you're an audience member enthralled by his tales of hijinks (maybe you in the future?).Nick tells us all about his life on the road, weird stories of niche jobs and then what it was like being a car salesman in the 90s. It's a lovely, human, at home chat... just what we love bringing you from the National Treasures Podcast.Oh, and do check out Nick's wife Alice's art. She's a proper good artist... so good that Laura has bought three of her paintings. Now that's an endorsement!http://www.alicegorton.com/For the full version of this episode, and every other episode we produce join our patreon at patreon.com/nationaltreasures. You'll get access to extended episodes, our bonus podcast Years & Years and our monthly livestream, all for just £5 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

November. Newvember. New subject?! Let's go!This month is all about The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail and comedian Nick Page... what a top legend he is. He asked to come all the way to Gloucester for a lovely, peaceful walk around the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail and the jaunt to visit him for a chat. He also fed us focaccia which makes him our favourite guest we've had so far. No offence everyone else, but actually some offence, where was our damn bread, eh?We had a peaceful walk through the trees looking at the art, wondering if it was art, wondering why the dog was sulking and generally having the good old chit chat of two friends. It's everything you'd hope and more.For the full episode, including longer versions of all our previous episodes plus our bonus podcast Years & Years, go to our patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasuresNick Page will be our guest next week, we will be chatting car sales, how the 90s was just better and easier, and why he loves that sculpture trail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We simply cannot apologise enough for the lateness of this episode but we do hope you enjoy it now it has arrived! Will has worked mega hard this week to research as much taxidermy as possible and stuff it into an episode for you to enjoy.We look at the history, the developments, the brilliance and the macabre. Enjoy!For the full version of this episode including the patron only ending about rogue taxidermy, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, you stitched her up again didn't you there listeners? You voted, we researched, and after our big trip to Wollaton Hall you chose orangeries for Laura to research and tell Will about. She's done her best BUT, just as you would expect if you were packing oranges to send to another country, there will be padding.Laura Lexx tells Will Duggan all about orangeries: their history, a few cool ones, and then, for just for patrons only: Versailles! To join the patreon and get access to the full episode, plus all our back catalogue of full episodes, our extra weekly podcast Years & Years and a monthly live stream, just sign up for £5 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hurrah! We've got Colin Hoult, who you may know better as Anna Mann, but perhaps no, perhaps you do just know him as Colin Hoult? Either way he's here and he's telling us all about his love of Wollaton Hall, which we visited las week. We chat sandwich bags, we delve further into the subject of supper, we have a look at Trip Advisor reviews... it's got it all.Check out Colin's tour dates here: https://iamcolinhoult.com/To support the podcast and get access to all our extras, join our patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the start of a new month which means a new adventure! This week, Laura and Will head off to Nottinghamshire to visit the incredible Wollaton Hall, which you might know best as Wayne Manor. Ooooh! Laura and Will explore the taxidermy, the guns, the games, the costumes and accidentally stumble across an archaeological dig!For the unabridged version of this episode, head to patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello glorious listener! For our final episode in Cheddar Gorge month we bring you Laura's best research on animals in the Victorian Era. From ole Queen Vicky herself and her pet choices, right through animal welfare and the homes of the masses, and into the more exotic choices for pets becoming available.If you want a little bit more of this kind of stuff, then why not join our Patreon where we give you a monthly live stream, an extra podcast every week, AND bonus content in every episode in the main feed. All for just a fiver a month. Banging! https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After our wonderful trip to Cheddar Gorge and our follow up chat with Richard Herring about why he loves it so much, we are now on to the portion of the month where we get researchy! First up, you voted for Will to tell Laura all about Gimmicky Tourist Attractions from around the world. Will digs into the internet's finest examples of terrible things you can go and see... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We sit down with absolute podcasting royalty this week to ask him about one of his true life's passions: Cheddar Gorge. Richard Herring of RHLSTP fame has the tables turned as we ask him some seriously stupid question, some seriously brilliant questions, and have a good laugh with him about the natural wonder that is Cheddar Gorge.Richard is wonderfully dynamic and enthusiastic about his former stomping ground. For the full version of this interview head over to our patreon page where we offer a monthly live stream, an extra podcast every week, and extended versions of our main feed of podcasts all for only a fiver a month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's excursion week, and the start of a brand new month of adventuring! This week, the dynamic duo Laura Lexx and Will Duggan are off to Somerset, Laura's birthplace, to visit Cheddar Gorge on the orders of none other than the King of Cheddar - Richard Herring!Laura and Will go deep into not one but two caves, and also to the very top of the mountain via Jacob's Ladder. Laura is still recovering from an ultra marathon at this point so it's debatable how smart it is for her to be going up so many steps but she goes anyway.Join us next week when we chat to the wonderful Richard Herring about why he loves Cheddar so much and why he sent us there... Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Due to the new format and not wanting to confuse people by starting a new topic in the same month (and yes it is September now, but this was supposed to come out on Wednesday which was still August, but Will just had a nightmare).We thought we'd use this week to try and entice some of the non Patreon listeners over to Patreon (patreon.com/nationaltreasures) by dropping some white hot behind the paywall content for free.In this episode of Years and Years Laura told Will all about 1953. What should you expect? Awful hitmen, Potentially mentally jarring births and deaths, though weirdly, not for Will, and the most unbelievable Big Finish we have ever had. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's Will's turn to listen to the people and do the research on whatever they want. The people chose pin up art! Of course they did! It's the sexiest answer! Will, with a little help from friend of the podcast Charlotte, tells Laura all about the evolution of pin up art from it's bizarre invention to becoming a bit racy, to a bit racist, to sharks and cats. Enjoy! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a world first for National Treasures we present our first ever Deep Dive episode! In the first week of August we visited IWM Duxford, then the following week we talked to Ed Byrne all about it. Now, the people have spoken and told us that the two things they want more detail on from our trip and our chat are Concorde and sexy pin up ladies. Next week Will will be telling Laura all about sexy pin up ladies but RIGHT NOW, Laura is telling Will all about concorde.Turns out, Laura hated researching Concorde because it was both:complicatedANDboringShe does her best to tell Will all about it, despite the glaring gaps in her knowledge. She also has a very good go at offending at least 1/4 of England. Her first fact goes down like a bag of cold sick and it only gets worse from there... enjoy! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a truly astonishing trip to see all the planes and nakey ladies on the planes at the IWM Duxford last week, Laura and Will are this week invited into the very home of comedy royalty Ed Byrne to talk to him about why he loves it there so much. They chat niche hobbies, aeronautics and why Laura is scared of space. Enjoy! And don't forget to vote for what you want us to talk about next week and the week after when we do a deep dive into two aspects of the IWM. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Lexx and Will Duggan are BACK with the fourth series of their adorable, hit podcast: The National Treasures Podcast. Between them they've done it all: Live at The Apollo, a Fosters Award, Mock the Week, The Edinburgh Fringe 2022. But have they ever been to the IWM in Duxford? Well... no.They head off up the motorway to the sort of vaguely Cambridgeshire area to explore planes and other war type stuff because Ed Byrne told them to. Next week they will be chatting to Ed Byrne about exactly why he made them do that, but for now, sit back and let your excitable hosts take you round the hangars of Duxford... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How is it the last episode of the series ALREADY? We don't know. We're gutted to be saying good bye again but so happy to share this final episode with you all. This week we popped up to Essex to visit a secret ex-government nuclear bunker at the request of Angela Barnes. We got scared by mannequins, we contemplated our own deaths and we got confused about most of the things we saw. We think contemplating death via nuclear war is the perfect chirpy way to end the series.A massive thank you to Kelvedon Hatch for having us along - we had a brilliant day and it's highly recommended for anyone looking for something a bit different to explore. https://secretnuclearbunker.com/Thank you to Angela for sending us, she has a show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year so do check that out if her brand of clever, warm comedy cracks you up.https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/angela-barnes-hot-mess See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura and Will have finally been sent down! Their crime? Everything! Laura and Will head into that there London today and investigate The Clink, a prison on the banks of the river Thames in historic Southwark. They see torture devices, creaking doors, tales of prisoners, and one of them hurts themself. Which one? You'll have to listen to find out.Rachel Fairburn is their celebrity guest this week, one half of the All Killa No Filla podcast, Rachel is a huge fan of the macabre and often visits The Clink to kill time. Laura and Will chat to Rachel about her love of grim history and how she feels about it when there isn't the distance of time.Thanks to The Clink for allowing us to visit. If you like National Treasures, join our growing community of patrons over at www.patreon.com/nationaltreasures where you receive 5 extra hours of fun content every month. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's Laura's choice this week. She took us to a childhood favourite of hers; Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset. We were joined by two special guests (and in a first for us both special guests were human). So listen to Will fall in love with a witch, Laura lose her mind over a bat with a South London accent and quite frankly more dinosaurs than any of us bargained on. ENJOY!!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Would you like to pour bliss into your ears? Well, get a load of this episode. Laura Lexx and Will Duggan take themselves on a day trip to beautiful Welford Park, home of the Great British Bake Off. This day trip was requested by Michael Chakraverty, who appeared on series 10 of Bake Off.After the disaster that was their trip to Box Hill, Laura and Will didn't hold high hopes for enjoying a walk round Welford Park on a cold day but then... magic happened. They found themselves feeling glorious. They chatter and bicker as they make their way round woodlands, rivers and fields accompanied by the podcast dog - Maki. We hope you love it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a National Treasures first, Laura and Will head to East Croydon on the orders of Britain's Got Talent star Nabil Abdulrashid. You know how most comedians really take the mick out of their own neighbourhood? Well not Nabil! Laura and Will experience all the nostalgia of mooching round a shopping centre and drinking apple tango. Also, Laura does something impulsive while Will stands and watches. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are halfway through the series for the third outing of The National Treasures Podcast so we thought we'd give you another little sneak preview of you what goes on behind the patreon iron curtain. Every week release a new episode of Years & Years, looking at a different year with forensic detail (ish). This week we took our first foray into the BCE times and Will was not happy about it. We hope you like it and if you would like access to the 12 months of back catalogue, a new episode every week, the National Treasures Discord and an invite to our monthly live streams then please do head over to patreon.com/nationaltreasures to support the podcast and get yourself some more stuff. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura and Will go to Stratford. What is Stratford famous for? Yep, that's right: BUTTERFLIES. We have a great time getting dive bombed by some massive fitties and looking at all their sexy sexy wings. Then we go for a wander round Stratford and get very disappointed in a Waterstones. After some traditional Stratfordian lunch it's time to chat to Georgia Tennant about why she sent us to Stratford, how she feels about mulled wine and what type of insect she would be. Join us on patreon for the full length episode of this, and all episodes, featuring many more escapades. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Laura and Will finally get to go and see The Sir John Soane Museum in London's Holborn after having had it raved about by not one but two comedian friends! It's absolutely full to bursting and provided much merriment wandering about and trying to absorb the organised chaos of the place. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week it's old Double Duggs' choice of location and he chose... close to home. Brighton! Home of the pavillion, the pier, a million different day trips. So which one of these are we going to? We are hitting up the Booth Museum. A little known museum on Devil's Dyke Road. Home to a fabulous collection of taxidermy birds and animals. Laura and Will explore the echoey halls of the museum chatting their usual bollocks and enjoying the Victorian approach to museums and general life. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After last week's debacle we really needed a nice clean, fun day out somewhere that wasn't awful and Mark Watson PROVIDED! We popped along to Walthamstow to visit the William Morris Gallery and learned about his life and work. Mark Watson is a brilliant writer, comedian and podcaster and we're so grateful for him for coming on our little show. If you aren't already a huge fan - do start watching No More Jockeys. Thanks also to The William Morris Gallery for giving us their permission to visit - we had a brilliant time and thoroughly recommend it to other wallpaper lovers looking for an afternoon of gentle fun. Thanks for listening - enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome all, come gather round, for the start of Series 3 of National Treasures. In this episode, the absolute star that is Jen Brister sent us to Box Hill Park in Surrey. It was muddy, Will had the wrong shoes, Laura bought along the lovely little Maki dog and the day out was...... well, we think you need to listen. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merry Christmas friends! Although we have only recently wrapped on Series 2 we decided to do a Christmas Special. Our original plans were scuppered by the goddamn Coronavirus, so we've done something a bit different and interesting. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the final episode of Series 2 of National Treasures, we really hope you've enjoyed it. Plans are well under way for Series 3,so we should be back with you by mid January, and if you think you'll miss us too much, just head to our Patreon page and become a Committed Rambler where for £5 a month we will do you an extra podcast, every week, all year round. https://www.patreon.com/nationaltreasuresFor this episode, we followed up on one of our excellent conversations from our YouTube series and we headed down to Cardiff Castle to meet our friend Lloyd and explore all that Cardiff Castle has to offer. We got a personal guided tour, a look at Cardiff from above, and we saw a wall that was built by actual Roman hands...incredible. Enjoy!Our chat with Lloyd can be found here: https://youtu.be/GaN7BrDbtko See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, for our final guest episode of the series we take our little bottoms to the Black Country Living Museum to learn all about The Black Country. Named for its industrial past, the area is steeped in rich history and it comes to life at the museum. We had sweeties, fell in love with a mayor and judged parking extremely harshly. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Laura and Will were invited to Anglesey to sample all that the phenomenal island off the North West coast has to offer. They see a Bronze Age standing stone, a museum dedicated to traditional Welsh life, they have a paddle, Will befriends a dog (sort of) and they visit Church Island: a small island full of graves with an incredible view of the Menai Strait. After all that, they head off for a pint with Kiri to discuss just why she's so in love with the island. If you enjoy the episode, check out our patreon page for an extended version with a full 20 more minutes of content from our day out and chat with Kiri. Just go to patreon.com/nationaltreasures See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We crossed the border and hit Scotland for a day trip to the incredible Inchcolm Island in the Forth Strait... we went on a boat, we saw seals, we observed gulls and we explored a monastery... this episode has it all including a chat with Sandy from Inchcolm Island and a talk with the wonderful author Jenny Colgan who asked us to visit Inchcolm. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello Treasurers! As some of you may know, Will and Laura produce an extra podcast every week for their patrons. It's called Years & Years and each week they choose a year at random and one researches it just about well enough to badly explain it to the other one. We thought, as we're just a little way over halfway through series 2, that we'd give you another little taster and if you like it, why not get an episode of it every single week into your ears? Just head to patreon.com/nationaltreasures and sign up to the Rambler tier! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Will and Laura go overseas! Only a small seas, but nevertheless: water was underfoot. They headed to soak up the sights of the Isle of wight on the orders of comedian, author and general lovely human Shaparak Korsandi. On their travels they went to a Stone Age Museum, a donkey sanctuary and Shanklin Chine... as well as looking at the sea and generally getting annoyed with each other. Have a lovely time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many many months ago, in our spin off podcast Years & Years (check out patreon.com/nationaltreasures for details) we investigated the year 1488 and came across the birth of Mother Shipton. A prophetess born in a cave in the mid 15th century... it seemed only right, therefore, that we jump in the car and wend ut way to Knaresborough to give the cave a visit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Laura and Will are doing dealer's choice and are heading off to Laura's choice of day out: Stourhead Gardens on the Wiltshire/Somerset border. It's a place that Laura has a lot of affection for, having visited it a lot as a child and they check out it's beautiful views and delightful secrets on a sunny day in September. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.