Charles Spencer
@cspencer1508
@Althorphouse is home. Nonfiction author. My childhood memoir ‘A Very Private School’ is out now as paperback & audiobook. @FT columnist. FRHistS, FSA, & FRSA
Today, for the third time, a ‘paper has been forced by the Law to apologise for lying about me “depriving Diana of a home”. The guilty journalist this time? Janice Turner - aka @VictoriaPeckham of @thetimes Yellow journalism.
Lemon, the smallest inhabitant of Althorp’s Stables, belongs (suitably) to the smallest member of the Spencer family - my darling 2 year old granddaughter. They make a formidable duo.
Beyond beautiful. A truly ancient oak.
The Signing Oak - Windsor Great Park, Berkshire Photo: Jeroen Philippona
My favourite portrait at @AlthorpHouse - Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Capturing something of Sarah’s beauty and energy in this extremely modern composition - that’s more than 300 years old.
Twenty five-year-old Olivia Santelli started free pilates sessions at Oak Street Beach in Chicago, Illinois, with her twelve friends in attendance. Now, it has grown into a weekly event attended by thousands
Wonderful to see that, in cricket, the Oval Test will feature 'Day for Thorpey' in commemoration of the supremely gifted Graham Thorpe - with the excellent mental health charity @MindCharity in support: espncricinfo.com/story/oval-tes…
18th century globes - one terrestrial; the other celestial - in the Picture Gallery at @AlthorpHouse
A memory that a slightly older Maidwell Hall schoolboy shared with me when I was researching my boarding school memoir A Very Private School - it concerns a bully of a Maidwell master - “Chalkie” White, and karma: “One extraordinary event I remember was when Chalkie White…
Twin roe deer fawns in a field next to @AlthorpHouse yesterday afternoon. Their mother was nearby.
Congratulations to @CatJarman on the publication of the Chinese version of her @thetimes nonfiction bestseller River Kings
Mist over Althorp’s Deer Park at 4.30 this morning.
The Library - I believe, the best room at @AlthorpHouse
Last part of my latest column for @FT - out today. 3/3
on.ft.com/3U0UU86 - my fourth and latest column for @FT is out today. I will post a page or two below, for non subscribers.
The Billiard Room at @AlthorpHouse - ready to receive this month and August’s day visitors to Althorp.
