https://richardherring.com/warmingup/ en robs@notbbc.co.uk Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:33:38 +0000 https://richardherring.com/warmingup/24/10/2026/index.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0100 9723/21642I bought a gift at the White Company last week. They wanted to know how things had gone and sent an email to Rechared Herring to find out. What were they aiming for there? Recharged? Rechaired? Recharred? Or just Wretched Red Herring?&nbsp;<br/>A day of football craziness for Phoebe and me today. First we were up super early to drive down to Harpenden for her match. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/23/10/2026/index.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:25:00 +0100 9722/21641No Make-a-Wish moments today. Just had to look after my stupid no-famous family in our boring town. Maybe this means I am not dying after all.To be fair Ernie and me had been meaning to go to Battle, where the Battle of Battle took place in 1066 (Battle was asking for it - I know it&#039;s an old-fashioned attitude, but if you call yourself Battle then you are asking for people to battle on you). This would have been the equivalent of meeting Kyle Maclachlan, especially if, as hoped by him, Ernie found a thousand year old arrow or sword. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/22/10/2026/index.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:31:00 +0100 9721/21640I managed to toss off a quick Newsround (not a euphemism) before heading into town to do some podcasts.Ally was in ferocious form remembering old music hall songs and came up with a strange ditty about dirty, dirty pigeons. I don&#039;t know how he dredges them up. They certainly surprise me.&nbsp;<br/>Later I was sitting in Pret a Manger waiting for my slot at the Podcast Room when I became aware of something under my table. It was a dirty, dirty pigeon. What was he doing inside? And why had he come to peck at the ground around my feet? https://richardherring.com/warmingup/21/10/2026/index.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:23:00 +0100 9720/21639OK, my job does come with some pretty cool treats. Not often two days in a row, but sometimes. So hot on the heels of visiting the actual set of Horrible Histories, I got to interview legendary actor Kyle MacLachlan in a sold out gig at the huge Central Hall, Westminster. Kyle is briefly in the country doing a book tour for his autobiography Fictional Selves which I can very highly recommend. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/20/10/2026/index.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0100 9719/21638Finally writing a blog every day for almost 24 years has paid off. The people behind Horrible Histories liked my blog about Ernie and me enjoying the show and invited us to go to the studios.Not since I wrote about wanting to have sex with Funella from the Furchester Hotel in the Metro and then slightly weirdly being invited to Salford to meet her and Mr Tumble (I signed an NDA so can&#039;t tell you about everything we got up to), have I ever got anything from writing this crap.W https://richardherring.com/warmingup/19/10/2026/index.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:02:00 +0100 9718/21637I love a good mystery as much as anyone and the crazy straws that some mystery hunters grab at. Occasionally the crazy straws prove to be correct, like when Richard III was found buried in a car park with an R painted above where he lay (though Turi King who was on that dig told me that that bit isn&#039;t true). Hey, it&#039;s great if someone finally solves something in that way and I remain excited by that whole tale. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/18/10/2026/index.html Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:43:00 +0100 8717/21636It&#039;s Catie&#039;s birthday this week and so to celebrate that and because we thought it would be fun for the family we went to the Petit Chef interactive restaurant experience in London.It&#039;s a neat idea which involves your table and plates being projector screens and a tiny French chef (maybe the little cook from Big Cook, Little Cook who hasn&#039;t been on TV for a while) who runs around the table and tells you the history of the tomato.