Look - the Bayeux Tapestry - all my own work!

Hardly. It's the magnificent Victorian replica of the medieval Bayeux tapestry, which I've been visiting. It's on display at Reading Museum. But when we saw this picture, my cheeky colleagues reckoned I was claiming credit for either the tapestry or indeed the whole Norman conquest.

Did Harold ever get hit in the eye? The tapestry is part of the reason it's often thought so - to the left you can see the embroidered words Hic Harold Rex Interfectus Est - "here King Harold has been killed", and underneath, the image of a soldier pulling an arrow out of his helmet. Trouble is, there's another chap being killed by an axe. Which is Harold? Perhaps we'll never know. But let's not kill a good story. Everyone believes Harold was shot in the eye. Either way, he came to a nasty end.

But just take a look at this: Guess where they found this extraordinary artefact?

At the bottom of the Thames in Reading, that's where. It's a unique relic of Norman history. It's thought the poor soldier who wielded it was probably stabbed, died, and loosened his grip. It fell from his hand, and tumbled into the river - to be buried in the silt and sediment for hundreds of years. Thanks to the Victorians, who frequently dredged the river, it resurfaced to the delight of local historians and archaeologists. You can see it, displayed underneath the replica of the Bayeux Tapestry at Reading museum.

When I went to see it, I wanted to reach out my hand and touch it - the very sword a Norman soldier, perhaps even one who fought in the Battle of Hastings, once used to kill, maim and pillage (because they were a violent lot) and to try and defend his own life.

I love history. Sometimes, if it's well told and illustrated, it's like old stories coming to life. Talking of which, have a look at the interactive "On The Norman Trail" map on our BBC Berkshire website, where you can learn how the Norman monks flushed their loos! And there's also a Norman Season on BBC TV this month.

My first-hour guests this morning are two feisty, get-up-and-go ladies, Caroline Wagstaff who's an entrepreneur and innovator from Windsor, and Sue Roberts, who's a life coach, from Burnham near Slough. We were talking about one of the most annoying things about everyday life - when you get home from a busy day at work and then find a card on your doormat saying that Royal Mail has tried to deliver you a parcel - but you were out. You feel like screaming: "Yes, I was out because I have to go to work!!!"

We were all thrilled to hear that Royal Mail is now staying open on Wednesday evenings until 8 at SOME sorting offices. They're at West and East Reading, Ascot, Slough, Maidenhead and Bracknell. They're also opening until 2pm on Saturdays. Apparently they're going to announce more in our area soon. Not soon enough, we chorussed!