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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1
Reinterpreting Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo
48 min
2
Northumberland and the Border Reivers
49 min
3
A history of natural history
37 min
4
Northumberland: the story of Norham Castle
32 min
5
Windmills: restoring England’s working giants
44 min
6
Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of ...
48 min
7
Memories of flowers: a country house and its co...
43 min
8
The bittersweet history of chocolate
48 min
9
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
47 min
10
The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
11
The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
12
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
13
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
14
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
15
Love tokens from history
26 min
16
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
17
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
18
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
19
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
20
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
21
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
22
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
23
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
24
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
25
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min