In this episode, we turn our attention to stamps and stories shaped by empire, identity and memory.

Josh Barber, Head of Stamps, is joined by world-renowned philatelist and author Majed Halawi to explore Sierra Leone's extraordinary philatelic legacy.
Born in Sierra Leone, Majed reflects on how childhood fascination with the colours of stamps and encouraged his teacher, grew into a lifelong passion. The conversations follow his journey from early collecting to the creation of Echoes of Empire, a monumental two-volume work examining stamps through the lens of history, politics, empire and slavery.

Together, they discuss key rarities, the importance of context in philately, and why stamp collecting remains as relevant and powerful today as ever.

From colour and curiosity to empire and context, this is philately at its finest.

Step behind the scenes with the Spink Medals department in this brand-new Roundtable. Each specialists dives into their favourite lot of the auction and shares the fascinating stories and surprises behind them, bringing the catalogue to life in the most delightful way.
A fun peek at the treasures waiting in the auction room.

In this glittering episode, our Head of Coins Gregory Edmund is joined by the renowned historian Professor David Carpenter for an extraordinary deep dive into one of the most enigmatic objects in English numismatic history: the Henry III Gold Penny: Ancient royal treasure or an elaborate medieval hoax?

Together, they explore the discovery of the coin, its sensational record auction price, and David’s ground-breaking research into Henry III, the Magna Carta, and the monarch’s enduring, if often overlooked, legacy.
From medieval politics to modern scholarship, and from shimmering gold to the painstaking science of authentication, this conversation strikes the perfect balance between art, history, and inquiry.
It’s an episode truly worth its weight in gold.