Oh, dear, I was late to work today - not badly - just a few minutes and I did have an excellent excuse. I was just leaving the house when Kevin Leahy, until he retired Curator of Archaeology at North Lincolnshire Museum, came on the television talking about this amazing Anglo-Saxon hoard.
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So naturally I had to stay and watch. As the other archaeologist involved said when interviewed later in the day "Wow!"

Then on the way I learned from Radio 4 that Dianne, Kevin's wife and a fellow Museum Learning Assistant and friend, had been helping him catalogue it. We had sort of vaguely picked up that something exciting had happened - more from a buzz in the air than anything anyone had actually said - and the few people who were in on the discovery had all been quite wonderfully discreet so we had no idea what had been discovered or where - indeed, a fairly recent new addition to their family could have been responsible for Kevin and Dianne seeming somewhat 'lit up' of late.

By the way, regarding my lateness I should add that in indulging myself by staying to watch I did know that I wasn't going to inconvenience or let anyone down as today there were (instead of the usual one) three of us to set up for the new Museum Workshop "The Appliance of Science" which Rachel was premiering (very successfully) and Katie and I were observing and learning, and I was in and working a good half-an-hour before the school arrived.