
Professor Francis Thackeray Part II
2025/12/19 | 25 mins.
Great mystery surrounds an unidentified skull in a crypt in Worcestershire, England. Francis Thackeray believes he knows who it belonged to. This is the story of how he used palaeoanthropology to unravel a centuries-old conundrum. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page

Sabbatical Stories: Iron Age, Telescopes, and Sonop
2025/11/28 | 23 mins.
Vincent Carruthers, renowned environmentalist and storyteller is back with more tales from the Magaliesberg. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page

Sabbatical Stories 4: Professor Francis Thackeray
2025/10/31 | 24 mins.
A renowned paleoanthropologist and a direct descendant of William Shakespeare. Who better then to investigate some pipes that were unearthed in The Bard’s garden at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Were they Shakespeare’s? Did he smoke? And, if so, did he smoke what the residue of those pipes suggests? Storycatcher Website Podcast Page

My Stories: My Father's Pipe
2025/10/31 | 5 mins.
My story this week is about my father’s pipe. It was huge, as was he, and its smoke infused my youth with sandalwood and safety. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page

Sabbatical Stories 4: Professor Francis Thackeray
2025/10/31 | 24 mins.
A renowned paleoanthropologist and a first cousin (9 times removed) of William Shakespeare. Who better then to investigate some pipes that were unearthed in The Bard’s garden at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Were they Shakespeare’s? Did he smoke? And, if so, did he smoke what the residue of those pipes contained? Storycatcher Website Podcast Page



Patricia Glyn Storycatcher