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...

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...

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...

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! Hosted on Acast. See 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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! ...

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...

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.

Welcome back lovely friends! It's time for Series 3. 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 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/nationaltreasures For this episode, we followed up on one of our excellent conversations from our YouTube...

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...

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...