The English Heritage Podcast

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites, and brings the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

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Episode 33 - Memory & Light: the sound installa...
This week we’re back on the road to experience a …
19 min
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Episode 32 - Nursing the nation: how Wrest Park...
Ahead of Armistice Day on 11 November, we talk to…
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Episode 31 - 'These Our Monsters' : Retelling m...
This week we’re back in the studio with English H…
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Episode 30 - The Duke of Wellington and the Bat...
We’re at Apsley House in London, the grand former…
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Episode 29 - Rembrandt’s ultimate ‘selfie’ at K...
To mark the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s deat…
24 min
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Episode 28 - Behind the scenes of the 1066 Batt...
We head to 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Bat…
24 min
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Episode 27 - Exodus: the story behind reggae le...
This week, we interview historian Howard Spencer …
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Episode 26 - Rescuing England’s largest collect...
We’re joined in the studio by Senior Collections …
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Episode 25 - Building a Bronze Age roundhouse a...
We’re at Beeston Castle, one of the most spectacu…
23 min
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Episode 24 - The story of a real Downton Abbey ...
As the new Downton Abbey film opens in cinemas, w…
26 min
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Episode 23 - Enter a lost industrial world at J...
This week we’re in Birmingham’s historic Jeweller…
24 min
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Episode 22 - The Iron Bridge and the Industrial...
On the 240th anniversary of the creation of the i…
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Episode 21 - Steam power at Stott Park Bobbin M...
At Stott Park Bobbin Mill on the shores of Lake W…
26 min
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Episode 20 - Mary Tudor and the succession cris...
Mary Tudor and the succession crisis at Framlingh…
26 min
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Episode 19 - Creating Tintagel Castle’s new lan...
As Tintagel Castle opens its new landmark bridge …
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Episode 18 - Undressing the history of fashion ...
We interview fashion historian and presenter of o…
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Episode 17 - Brave knights and epic fights: The...
As our new season of legendary jousts gets underw…
23 min
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Episode 16 - Studying the skies above Stoneheng...
To celebrate the launch of our new digital projec…
20 min
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Episode 15 - The centenary of the Cenotaph: the...
A century after the unveiling of the original Cen…
27 min
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Episode 14 - The story behind Kenilworth Castl...
Ten years since our gardening team recreated the …
28 min
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Episode 13 - How the Victorians invented the gr...
As thoughts turn to holidays ahead, we join senio…
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Episode 12 - Behind the scenes of Summer Solsti...
As the team at Stonehenge prepare to welcome thou…
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Episode 11 - The mythology of plants at Mount G...
At Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, our gar…
25 min
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Episode 10 - The D-Day landings and Dover Castle
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Tuesday, 6 Ju…
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Episode 9 - Author George Orwell’s blue plaque ...
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of aut…
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