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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Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
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Love tokens from history
26 min
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Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
29
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
30
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
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Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
32
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
33
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
34
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
35
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
36
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
37
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
38
A delicious history of pudding
38 min
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From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min
40
Disability and care in medieval England
36 min
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‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing ...
61 min
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Privilege and play: a history of childhood adve...
33 min
43
Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex l...
38 min
44
A history of curry in Britain
34 min
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A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in...
31 min
46
Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
48 min
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Monastic to modern: a history of universities
41 min
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Feeding the masses: fuelling an agricultural re...
34 min
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Pumps and people power: firefighting at country...
39 min
50
The Melsonby Hoard: life in Iron Age Britain
36 min