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LATEST NEWS - 2025 (scroll down for earlier news)
4/5 December 2025.
For technical reasons our normal uploads on these two days will be delayed. Next week, on Thursday and Friday we will upload two videos each day. We apologise for any inconvenience.
3 December 2025.
Forget Richard, who has lived through yet another period of history (this is the third he has been alive in), this period, called
The Birth of the Millennials was when Molly was born.
2 December 2025.
Did you know how sensible the holly tree is? If you listen to Molly reading this week's story, you'll find out. Not surprisingly the story is called
How Very Sensible. Click on the link and find out more.
1 December 2025.
Last week you had the golden opportunity to see pictures of Richard as he progressed through that week's Have A Go at History time period. This week's
Monday vlog has pictures of Molly who was born during the latest time period,
but only just. Take a look.
28 November 2025.
This week we're in
Cambridgeshire looking for Oliver Cromwell's head while
crossing the mathematical bridge. You can't say life isn't full of variety and fun.
27 November 2025.
Molly's out in the woods again using natural treasures and
Making a Picture Frame. She gets a bit
carried away at the end and thinks she's on television.
26 November 2025.
We are now in a period of time when Richard was alive for the whole period. Lucky we cut them down to 25 years. We've called this time
The Time of the Hippie. Only two more periods to go.
25 November 2025.
Pip is going to a party and his Aunt Twinkle is making him a new suit but they have a problem. Molly tells you all about it in the story called
A New Suit for the Party.
24 November 2025.
This week's
Monday vlog has pictures, unfortunately, mainly of Richard. Still worth a look though.
21 November 2025.
We've made our way to
Bedfordshire this week and it's time for tea and a divorce.
20 November 2025.
Two for one this week because not only does Molly show you how to make a home for a hedgehog she also tells you lots about hibernation too. So, off you go and
Make a Hedgehog Home. It's getting cold, they'll need one for the winter.
19 November 2025.
This week on our Have A Go at History section we find ourselves
Around World War II. This is also the period when, for Richard,
it ceases to be history but becomes a period of his life, a very short one but one nevertheless.
18 November 2025.
This week Pip makes a silly mistake on a dark night when he thought he was lost. Molly reads you the story again and it's called
An Uncomfortable Bedfellow.
17 November 2025.
It's a new week and that means a new
Monday vlog. Hedgehogs hibernation and Beds to look out for this week.
14 November 2025.
This week we learn about the execution of a Queen and the death of another one. All of which means we are in
Northamptonshire.
13 November 2025.
Once again Molly has been out and about collecting some autumn treasures and this week she shows you how to turn them into
A Sensory Bottle Get outside and see what you can make.
12 November 2025.
We've entered the 20th century and a period dominated by a horrible war in which too many lives were lost. Also a period of great achievements.
Take a look as we go
Around World War I.
11 November 2025.
Today is Remembrance Day. Poppies are a symbol of remembering and today's story is all about poppies too. It's called
A Poppy Present.
10 November 2025.
Another introduction to the week on Owlbut's School of the Air and a little poem for you to think about. It's all
here in the Monday vlog.
7 November 2025.
Oxfordshire is our first stop after half-term. Chalk horses and famous Englishmen are the stories of the week in
Oxfordshire.
6 November 2025.
Molly has been out among the autumn leaves again and this time she has made a
Leaf Crown. Join her royal court.
5 November 2025.
Aha, there is no Have A Go at History today. We know some schools have actually had a 2-week half-term and so, as this
is the most academic day of our week, we decided we take an extra week off too. In any case we only have 5 more periods of
history to cover and seven weeks to do it in so that made it seem like an even better idea. We'll be back next week
looking at the period around World War One, exactly 117 years a day after ir ended. See you then
4 November 2025.
In today's story Pip gets upset with a Beech tree losing its leaves in Autumn. Molly reads the story and it's called
Away with the Leaves.
3 November 2025.
Finally, Molly and Richard get together for the
Monday vlog. Lola joins in and Richard tells
you more about our Patreon Page and gives you an example of what you can get by joining.
If you want to find info about anything on my site, there's a search bar just below this.
4/5 December 2025.
For technical reasons our normal uploads on these two days will be delayed. Next week, on Thursday and Friday we will upload two videos each day. We apologise for any inconvenience.
3 December 2025.
Forget Richard, who has lived through yet another period of history (this is the third he has been alive in), this period, called The Birth of the Millennials was when Molly was born.
2 December 2025.
Did you know how sensible the holly tree is? If you listen to Molly reading this week's story, you'll find out. Not surprisingly the story is called How Very Sensible. Click on the link and find out more.
1 December 2025.
Last week you had the golden opportunity to see pictures of Richard as he progressed through that week's Have A Go at History time period. This week's Monday vlog has pictures of Molly who was born during the latest time period, but only just. Take a look.
28 November 2025.
This week we're in Cambridgeshire looking for Oliver Cromwell's head while crossing the mathematical bridge. You can't say life isn't full of variety and fun.
27 November 2025.
Molly's out in the woods again using natural treasures and Making a Picture Frame. She gets a bit carried away at the end and thinks she's on television.
26 November 2025.
We are now in a period of time when Richard was alive for the whole period. Lucky we cut them down to 25 years. We've called this time The Time of the Hippie. Only two more periods to go.
25 November 2025.
Pip is going to a party and his Aunt Twinkle is making him a new suit but they have a problem. Molly tells you all about it in the story called A New Suit for the Party.
24 November 2025.
This week's Monday vlog has pictures, unfortunately, mainly of Richard. Still worth a look though.
21 November 2025.
We've made our way to Bedfordshire this week and it's time for tea and a divorce.
20 November 2025.
Two for one this week because not only does Molly show you how to make a home for a hedgehog she also tells you lots about hibernation too. So, off you go and Make a Hedgehog Home. It's getting cold, they'll need one for the winter.
19 November 2025.
This week on our Have A Go at History section we find ourselves Around World War II. This is also the period when, for Richard, it ceases to be history but becomes a period of his life, a very short one but one nevertheless.
18 November 2025.
This week Pip makes a silly mistake on a dark night when he thought he was lost. Molly reads you the story again and it's called An Uncomfortable Bedfellow.
17 November 2025.
It's a new week and that means a new Monday vlog. Hedgehogs hibernation and Beds to look out for this week.
14 November 2025.
This week we learn about the execution of a Queen and the death of another one. All of which means we are in Northamptonshire.
13 November 2025.
Once again Molly has been out and about collecting some autumn treasures and this week she shows you how to turn them into A Sensory Bottle Get outside and see what you can make.
12 November 2025.
We've entered the 20th century and a period dominated by a horrible war in which too many lives were lost. Also a period of great achievements. Take a look as we go Around World War I.
11 November 2025.
Today is Remembrance Day. Poppies are a symbol of remembering and today's story is all about poppies too. It's called A Poppy Present.
10 November 2025.
Another introduction to the week on Owlbut's School of the Air and a little poem for you to think about. It's all here in the Monday vlog.
7 November 2025.
Oxfordshire is our first stop after half-term. Chalk horses and famous Englishmen are the stories of the week in Oxfordshire.
6 November 2025.
Molly has been out among the autumn leaves again and this time she has made a Leaf Crown. Join her royal court.
5 November 2025.
Aha, there is no Have A Go at History today. We know some schools have actually had a 2-week half-term and so, as this is the most academic day of our week, we decided we take an extra week off too. In any case we only have 5 more periods of history to cover and seven weeks to do it in so that made it seem like an even better idea. We'll be back next week looking at the period around World War One, exactly 117 years a day after ir ended. See you then
4 November 2025.
In today's story Pip gets upset with a Beech tree losing its leaves in Autumn. Molly reads the story and it's called Away with the Leaves.
3 November 2025.
Finally, Molly and Richard get together for the Monday vlog. Lola joins in and Richard tells you more about our Patreon Page and gives you an example of what you can get by joining.
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