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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Episode 47 - Saints and crusaders: medieval rel...
This week we’re joined by Senior Properties Histo…
28 min
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Episode 46 - Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley at K...
The story of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley …
35 min
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Episode 45 - Unearthing Wrest Park’s Mithraic G...
Following an archaeological dig to discover the s…
22 min
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Episode 44 - Dover Castle’s secret Cold War tun...
This week we’re at Dover Castle in Kent to take a…
27 min
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Episode 43 - Spring watch: how we prepare our h...
We’ve managed to convince English Heritage head g…
27 min
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Episode 42 - The final frontier: what life was ...
This week we’re joined in the studio by two exper…
44 min
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Episode 41 - New year, new skills: behind the s...
If you’re inspired to try something new in 2020 t…
23 min
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Episode 40 - The English Heritage sites that ch...
Happy New Year from English Heritage. If you’re l…
43 min
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Episode 39 - The origins of Christmas carols, w...
We’ve come over all festive this week as we take …
21 min
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Episode 38 - A weird and wonderful history of C...
We’re in the studio with English Heritage Trustee…
34 min
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Episode 37 - Celebrating Christmas with Queen V...
This week we’re joined by Osborne curator Michael…
23 min
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Episode 36 - The rise of Mead: Toasting the wor...
Once the Vikings’ drink of choice, mead now has a…
27 min
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Episode 35 - Deal Castle and Henry VIII’s ‘devi...
480 years since Henry VIII started building his ‘…
25 min
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Episode 34 - Charles Darwin and 'On the Origin ...
On the 160th anniversary of publication of 'On th…
26 min
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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…
28 min
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Episode 31 - 'These Our Monsters' : Retelling m...
This week we’re back in the studio with English H…
25 min
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Episode 30 - The Duke of Wellington and the Bat...
We’re at Apsley House in London, the grand former…
28 min
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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 …
20 min
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Episode 26 - Rescuing England’s largest collect...
We’re joined in the studio by Senior Collections …
27 min
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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