The English Heritage Podcast

Every object has a story to tell. But how can one mystery item lead us on a journey through history, people and places? 

In the English Heritage podcast, comedian and writer Amy Matthews brings you entertaining tales from unexpected places. Each week, we begin with a mystery item and with the help of English Heritage experts and special guests, Amy explores what our past can tell us about our present and perhaps our future.

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History
1
Coastline Special 4: Where the sacred meets the...
37 min
2
From Mob Rules to the Modern Match: A History o...
46 min
3
Coastline Special 3: Henry VIII’s Super Forts
33 min
4
Laurence Olivier: The making of an icon
38 min
5
Coastline Special 2: Shorelines, ships and the ...
37 min
6
Seeking Sanctuary: Fleeing conflict in the Midd...
45 min
7
Coastline Special: Romans by the sea
30 min
8
The Neolithic Hall: Reconstructing History at S...
48 min
9
Berwick-on-Tweed: life on the border in the 16t...
37 min
10
Reinterpreting Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo
48 min
11
Northumberland and the Border Reivers
49 min
12
A history of natural history
37 min
13
Northumberland: the story of Norham Castle
32 min
14
Windmills: restoring England’s working giants
44 min
15
Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of ...
48 min
16
Memories of flowers: a country house and its co...
43 min
17
The bittersweet history of chocolate
48 min
18
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
47 min
19
The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
20
The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
21
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
22
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
23
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’ 
44 min
24
Love tokens from history
26 min
25
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min